Most iconic building in your city

[megadude]

I could live with that. Can't imagine many people know it's there or what it is but we did go there once on a field trip and each got to take a turn being locked up in cell. I wonder if that was standard field trip for all Brampton kids.

Originally Posted by 905er

previously a courthouse yes, and a jail. The jail portion is at the rear and pictured here

[megadude]

Someone mentioned Hamilton refineries/steel mills. I'm down with that. It's unfortunately what dominates Hamilton Harbour and the first view you see of Hamilton when travelling on the QEW.


https://www.thestar.com/business/eco...eel-mills.html



Some other contenders are:


Landmark Place

https://www.emporis.com/buildings/11...amilton-canada


Burlington Skyway, accompanied by the lift bridge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlin...._Allan_Skyway

http://bridgephile.co.uk/albums/burl...l-lift-bridge/


Dundurn Castle if we're being generous but doesn't fit the perception of Hamilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundurn_Castle

[megadude]

For Aurora it has to be Magma's HQ. You see it in the distance while driving down the busy Wellington Rd.


http://www.mrakas.ca/magna-headquart...ing-in-aurora/

[GreatTallNorth2]

Most iconic building in London, Ontario? One of the below:

One London Place & Canada Life Buildings


Western University

[Rico Rommheim]

I don't to which extent the Gleneagles apartment building is Iconic. I get a feeling this building (and it's chateau-esque sibling next door) is virtually unknown to most. It's definitely one of the most iconic for me.

Gleneagles, Montreal


Flying_Castle_2020_11_11 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[Franco401]

I dunno about iconic but if you showed me this picture without context I'd know right away it was Montreal.

[Innsertnamehere]

One London Place for me for London. Agreed on the steel mills for Hamilton.

Montreal to me is Le 1000 de la gauchetiere.

Calgary is the Bow.

Vancouver to me is the mountains specifically, but if it has to be a building probably Canada Place or the Lions Gate Bridge.

[905er]

a couple of other iconic buildings in Brampton

Dominion Building


City Hall new extension


Fire hall


Alderlea mansion

[megadude]

That Dominion Building in Brampton, my last company has the mortgage on it. I had to go do an inspection on the place. Really appreciate how that area to the new Rose Theatre was redeveloped. Same guys that own this building built city hall down the street.

[Rico Rommheim]

One of Montreal most iconic building is a art deco flour mill known as Farine Five Roses. It is still operational. It features a giant flashing neon sign installed on top of a handsome 10-storey, 60m tall art deco industrial brick building.

Over time it has featured in countless songs, books and the site of film shoots.

As per : https://www.farinefiveroses.ca/a-bri...ry-of-the-sign
"In 1946, Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. Ltd. opened the New Royal Mill in Montréal. A photograph from 1948 shows the rooftop sign at the time of installation reading ‘FARINE OGILVIE FLOUR’ on three lines. After Ogilvie purchased Lake of the Wood Milling, in 1954, the sign was changed to ‘FARINE FIVE ROSES FLOUR’."


Farine Five Roses: A Montréal icon by joanne clifford, on Flickr


Famous building with the Farine Five Roses, Montreal by Stanislav Nikulich, on Flickr


Farine Five Roses mill by Michael Berry, on Flickr


Five_Roses_For_Me_2020_11_06 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


Perspective_on_Five_Roses_2020_11_16 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


Ogilvy Flour Mills by Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, on Flickr


Ogilvy Flour Mills by Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, on Flickr


Ogilvy Flour Mills by Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, on Flickr


https://assets.atlasobscura.com/medi...92342870_n.jpg


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...RLD99td4E3IkT0


In the 1940's
https://i2.wp.com/farinefiveroses.ca...lour.jpg?ssl=1

in the 1950's

https://i1.wp.com/farinefiveroses.ca...f-nd.jpg?ssl=1

[J.OT13]

These two monumental buildings in Ottawa may not be well known outside Ottawa (or even in Ottawa), however both contribute greatly to the character of "official Ottawa".

Old Union Station from 1912 to 1966. Built by the Grand Trunk Railway along side the Château Laurier across the street (to this day linked with a tunnel). Saved from the wreaking ball thanks to the 1967 centennial celebrations, it was used as a visitors centre that year and later became a Government Conference Centre. Today, it serves as the Senate of Canada Building while the Centre Block is closed for restoration over the next 10+ years.



The Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council, the first Federal office building erected outside of Parliament Hill. Completed in 1889, it was know as the Langevin Block until 2017, when it was renamed due to Sir Hector-Louis Langevin's role in the residential school system.


https://twitter.com/salt_n_iron/stat...66170685628424


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office...evin_Block.jpg

[Rico Rommheim]

The Roger-Gaudry building, aka the UdM building is one of Canada's best examples of Art deco architecture. It's architect was Ernest Cormier. It was completed in 1943 and its domed tower stands 84m tall.

As per memorable Montreal :

Achitecture
The Roger Gaudry Building, designed by the architect Ernest Cormier, was built on a challenging site. The majestic Art Deco tower is a distinctive feature of Montreal's skyline, characterized by simplicity of form and the use of reinforced concrete covered by buff vitrified brick.

Centrepiece of the master plan developed by Cormier and retained by his successor, the architect Ludger Venne, it is based on a traditional symmetrical plan in the manner of Quebec convents. The building forms a stairway hugging the slope of the mountain and topped by a domed tower. In front of the tower is the main courtyard. At each end of the main building are two asymmetrical pyramids linked to two horizontal buildings, each with three vertical wings.

Inside, the impressive hall of honour, finished in marble and other noble materials, leads to the grand Art Deco amphitheatre, named the “Salle Ernest-Cormier” in honour of its architect.

The building houses fourteen amphitheatres, twenty classrooms, almost a hundred laboratories and seven main stairways and is now home to the faculties of computer science, dentistry, physics, chemistry, pharmacy, and medicine.

http://www.memorablemontreal.com/doc...005055-001.jpg


http://www.memorablemontreal.com/doc...005067-001.jpg

http://www.memorablemontreal.com/doc...005073-001.jpg


http://www.memorablemontreal.com/doc...003993-001.jpg


http://www.memorablemontreal.com/doc...002450-001.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/564x/fc/c8/da/f...4586875f05.jpg


https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/ar...mier_photo.jpg


http://explorationurbaine.ca/en%20ac...stoire/udm.jpg


Université de Montréal by Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, on Flickr

Université_de_Montreal_2020_12_13 by
Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

[megadude]

I just realized another contender for Brampton's iconic building. Well a structure. The gazebo at Gage Park across from the City Hall and the old jail.

City Hall is nothing special. The old jail 95% of residents couldn't tell you it's an art gallery now. But every Brampton resident, well at least in my time, has been skating at Gage Park. The vast majority of residents probably haven't been in the summer because not many people hang out Downtown, but lots of people go for skating or the xmas lights.

It's not spectacular but it's a charming structure in a charming surrounding.


http://www.tripstance.com/things-to-do/brampton-ca/


https://twitter.com/citybrampton/sta...30793811107840

[megadude]

Another structure and not a building, but I just came across this and realized that this must be it for Peterborough, no? I shamefully haven't driven through downtown Peterborough before. Just passed through on some other commercial arteries. Anytime I wanted to, on the way to the BIL's cottage in the Kawarthas, my wife always complains about the detours I take. So I can't really given anything else from first hand experience.

Locks are always cool and so is the Big Chute Marine Railway. Not a well known structure, but maybe iconic in that particular area of cottage country in Simcoe County.


https://thekawarthas.ca/what-to-do/p...ugh-lift-lock/


https://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/2...d-breaking-day


https://www.tripadvisor.ca/LocationP...t_Ontario.html


https://www.sarjeants.com/portfolio/...arine-railway/


https://mpackham.wordpress.com/2014/...arine-railway/

[jamincan]

There are also lift locks in Kirkfield, though I don't think they are as old or as high as the ones in Peterborough.

[DieselXL]

Probably Windsors most iconic and its not ours

[megadude]

^ True. I always wanted to go up the Ren Cen but I think the observation deck is only open on week days.

Too lazy to look back, but did anyone post the casino for Windsor? Or the Ambassador Bridge?

The main reason I came back to this cool thread was that at work we do something called Fun Friday like 1-2 times a month. It's usually some kind of trivia or solving riddles thing. I will have to host eventually and since we are a national mortgage company, mine is focusing on that. So I'm doing Powerpoint slides with four images on each and one person from each team has 30 seconds to identify as many cities as they can and type down in the chat. Then when time is up, they hit send and whoever answered the most gets a point for their team. For whichever image didn't get named, it's a free for all for another point. There's going to be about 12 slides and so I need 48 images. Some will be repeat cities.

I'm mixing it up with some easy ones in there, but since we are just one department (not Sales or Underwriting), where almost all of us live in the GTA, I can't make it too niche, but I will throw some in there up for grabs and it'll be interesting to see who knows what. I was already pretty good with this type of thing, but being on this forum has expanded my knowledge and helps with this game.

It won't just be skylines as for some I will have to put a landmark or iconic building as the image and they can name the city based on that. Will also throw in a couple of geographic features as well and ask them to name the region.




https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-b...ntario-canada/


https://www.modjeski.com/projects/su...ehabilitation/

[ssiguy]

For London I can certainly see Western but London Life Tower wouldn't have even occurred to me. I would have said the Old Middlesex County Courthouse way before that.

[wg_flamip]

Originally Posted by megadude

Another structure and not a building, but I just came across this and realized that this must be it for Peterborough, no? I shamefully haven't driven through downtown Peterborough before. Just passed through on some other commercial arteries. Anytime I wanted to, on the way to the BIL's cottage in the Kawarthas, my wife always complains about the detours I take. So I can't really given anything else from first hand experience.

The Market Hall clocktower edges the lift locks out IMO.


Wikitravel

[megadude]

I don't think anyone posted this for Hamilton? Actually, I don't even recall if I've ever seen this before. For a small town, this would probably be the most iconic structure.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/31155442@N03/49205941288


https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what...hion-1.5165302