Great Canadian Suburban Skyline Thread! - Page 27

giallo · #**521** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 4:47 AM**

Richmond and New West are doing very well, but I was talking about skyscrapers (150m+). Vancouver has one under construction, but the rest are all going up in Burnaby and Surrey.

Pinion · #**522** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 8:27 AM**

3 Civic Plaza is the only building in Surrey that will eventually be over 150m. Everything else is 100 or less.

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=2

There really isn't much development there either, despite what Surrey posters will have you believe.

MolsonExport · #**523** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 1:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbancanadian

Great pics everyone. Thanks!

Don't forget Richmond, which actually has more high-rises under construction than all of Burnaby's skylines combined. Of course they aren't very tall though. I should get out and do a Richmond update when I get a chance.

New West is also doing quite well!

Parts of downtown Richmond, while lacking height, feel more like a real downtown (density, street frontage, etc.) than one that is merely linear or composed of towers and podiums.

hipster duck · #**524** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 5:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Parts of downtown Richmond, while lacking height, feel more like a real downtown (density, street frontage, etc.) than one that is merely linear or composed of towers and podiums.

Yeah, Richmond is one of the very few examples of building an urban neighbourhood from scratch out of a suburban, car-oriented landscape.

Having a Chinese population really helps, though. All things being equal, Chinese people will partake in activities that are amenable to creating small storefronts which, in turn, animate the street. They also do a lot more of these activities in the evening, which creates a bit of a nightlife (from 7pm-10pm anyway) This would be things like buying buns from a small bakery, rather than the bread section of a large format grocery store, socializing more by going out with friends to a noodle shop rather than inviting friends over to your home.

In Richmond, you can carve up the retail podium of a new condo into much smaller spaces to serve these kinds of activities. In other new-build condos away from a Chinese population and in a suburban environment, you'd be lucky to get a BMO or Shopper's Drug Mart, and the result is a pretty sterile place that doesn't attract people, leading to a vicious cycle where you can't really get a real downtown off the ground.

esquire · #**525** Posted **Sep 16, 2016, 6:41 PM**

Richmond is a suburb, but it feels more urban than the actual downtowns of some cities... at least the parts near Skytrain stations. It's very impressive.

giallo · #**526** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 3:47 AM**

Richmond developments are really impressing me these days. Check out the Vancouver sub-forum to check out all the cool stuff going up out there.

WhipperSnapper · #**527** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 3:43 PM**

Richmond has always peaked my interest despite the little coverage.

Klazu · #**528** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 10:20 PM**

Metrotown in morning light. View from my bedroom.

dreambrother808 · #**529** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 11:04 PM**

Stunning...

Love that classic Lower Mainland layering, especially in such a misty light.

LeftCoaster · #**530** Posted **Sep 22, 2016, 5:47 PM**

Taken from the suburbs looking away from downtown... fantastic density!

Klazu · #**531** Posted **Oct 1, 2016, 4:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Taken from the suburbs looking away from downtown... fantastic density!

Excellent point. This is how a growing decentralized metropolitan area looks like! And here's few more shots of Metro Vancouver waking up to a cold autumn morning.

Pre-sunrise Surrey Central.

Port Mann Bridge on sunrise.

giallo · #**532** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 3:16 AM**

That last one is incredible!

vanman · #**533** Posted **Oct 10, 2016, 9:49 AM**

The best part of fall/winter in Vancouver is the rolling fog. It makes for some spectacular scenes.

vanman · #**534** Posted **Oct 10, 2016, 9:49 AM**

Speaking of Richmond...

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Originally Posted by urbancanadian

^^Thanks for the small Tempo update. I came across this on the River Park Place II website. It's meant to show the 360 degree view from the top floor, but it gives a fairly good progress update for a number of Oval Village projects. Albeit a couple months out of date.

From left to right:
- Cadence, two towers by Cressey
- Ora, three towers by Onni (complete)
- Two River Green, the two-tower second phase of ASPAC's massive River Green development
- future riverfront park, still lined with industrial buildings
- River Park Place, the first tower in Intracorp's three-tower development
- Riva, Onni's mostly-complete low-rise development consisting of four buildings, in behind RPP
- Tempo, Amacon's first tower is shown under construction
- not part of the village, but it shows how dense the main skyline is getting towards No. 3 Road & Westminster Highway

Klazu · #**535** Posted **Oct 18, 2016, 11:55 PM**

Sun rises from the east and sets in the west. Some 80% of the Lower Mainland in these two pictures.

mcmcclassic · #**536** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 4:57 PM**

Sorry for the slight blurriness but from where I'm at, North York looks like a city on its own.

Innsertnamehere · #**537** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 5:28 PM**

it effectively is. I actually quite like north york, it is very urban while still allowing relatively easy car access.

logan5 · #**538** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 6:42 PM**

The good thing about North York is that therte are intermittent stretches of old 1 or 2 story retail units, like you see along Queen and Bloor etc. I would hope that those would be preserved.

logan5 · #**539** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 6:52 PM**

Even that old Firestone building (that looks like it's on its last legs) should be preserved. Here in Mt. Pleasant we had an old garage converted into a nice restaurant called Savio Volpe. The new facade certainly adds character to the neighbourhood.

http://scoutmagazine.ca/2015/11/23/d...-opening-week/

dleung · #**540** Posted **Oct 23, 2016, 6:55 PM**

http://petero.ca/detached-view-north...ts.form?_pg=24

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Originally Posted by niwell

Burnaby's skyline is looking great for a suburban area. Mississauga had the top spot for a while but I think it's been superseded.

Agreed. North York is also ahead of Mississauga IMO. 2 twisty towers don't make a skyline.

If I were to rank the suburban skylines by urbanness, it would be New Westminster, Lonsdale, North York, Richmond, Metrotown, then Brentwood/Mississauga/Lougheed/Coquitlam/Scarborough/Surrey are all roughly similar.