Your City, a Few Photos at a Time - Page 30

Chadillaccc · #**581** Posted **Nov 24, 2015, 4:45 AM**

Banff, Alberta...

http://ca.hotels.com/ho169524/the-fa...-banff-canada/

Cascade Mall by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Banff Avenue by Chadillaccc, on Flickr

Chadillaccc · #**582** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 1:46 AM**

A different side of Calgary...

http://paulsaulnier.com/calgary/

Monolith · #**583** Posted **Nov 26, 2015, 5:53 AM**

Thissen-2015-11-19_NightVancouver-4.jpg by Alexandre Thissen, on Flickr Taken on November 19, 2015

Shots from False Creek in Downtown Vancouver Canada including the tribute lights set up in honour of the fallen in PARIS by David Rose, on Flickr Taken on November 14, 2015

Out Of Line ~ Richmond, BC by SeaSide Signs ~ Vancouver, BC, on Flickr Taken on November 24, 2015

Snowmaking and City by Martin, on Flickr Taken on November 25, 2015

Martin Mtl · #**584** Posted **Nov 28, 2015, 11:55 PM**

Montreal's Chinatown by Corey Templeton on flickr

Sheraton View by Corey Templeton on flickr

Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde by Corey Templeton on flickr

Place d'Armes by Corey Templeton on flickr

speedog · #**585** Posted **Nov 29, 2015, 6:14 PM**

A couple from last night (pictures all mine on my S3, spur of the moment)...

someone123 · #**586** Posted **Nov 29, 2015, 11:12 PM**

Pinion · #**587** Posted **Nov 30, 2015, 8:18 AM**

Sunset tonight

Heron, West Vancouver by chrisjohann, on Flickr

That's a blue heron in the middle.

mcminsen · #**588** Posted **Nov 30, 2015, 8:43 AM**

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someone123 · #**589** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 3:54 AM**

Some aerials of parts of Halifax that aren't often featured.

Part of the old North End:

Source

Public Gardens looking south:

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Laceoflight · #**590** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 4:07 AM**

^The Public Gardens are incredibly awesome!

kool maudit · #**591** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 9:18 AM**

Very bad streetwall on the southern side though. It needs that.

Hali87 · #**592** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 12:22 PM**

The only good streetwall is to the east - left of photo (the empty lot there is being developed). The north and west sides face parkland and the south has Victoria Park (more parkland) and Sacred Heart, which has a large front grounds area (although actually the new Fountain Academy addition ungracefully parked on the lawn actually makes this my least favourite stretech of Spring Garden now

) and then two modernist apartment buildings that leave a weak streetwall.

Chadillaccc · #**593** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 7:31 PM**

Love the Public Gardens!

Monolith · #**594** Posted **Dec 2, 2015, 11:52 PM**

Watching from a Rooftop by beyond the prism photography, on Flickr Taken on November 27, 2015

A foggy start (_32_1833) by Ross G. Strachan, on Flickr Taken on November 29, 2015

fog in the city by Maciej (Mat) Radoszewski, on Flickr Taken on November 1, 2015

Sfumato city #vscoxreza #vancouver #cordovastreet by reza naghibi, on Flickr Uploaded on November 30, 2015

Chadillaccc · #**595** Posted **Dec 3, 2015, 8:44 AM**

http://www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Li...haped-Calgary/

someone123 · #**596** Posted **Dec 3, 2015, 6:21 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hali87

The only good streetwall is to the east - left of photo (the empty lot there is being developed). The north and west sides face parkland and the south has Victoria Park (more parkland) and Sacred Heart, which has a large front grounds area (although actually the new Fountain Academy addition ungracefully parked on the lawn actually makes this my least favourite stretech of Spring Garden now

) and then two modernist apartment buildings that leave a weak streetwall.

That stretch was deliberately planned out to be that way according to somewhat misguided planning principles. At one point pretty much all that mattered were setbacks (more is better), density limits (mostly considered for parking requirements), and buildings heights (less is better). That diagonally-oriented tower and the one on the corner of Summer Street were both deliberately set back from the street to conform to the planning rules of the day.

They're both be improved a lot by adding small lowrise buildings in front.

The weird townhouse should be partially converted for commercial use and the parking deck here should be replaced with a new building:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6418...7i13312!8i6656

One bit of trivia about the brick building on the left is that it has a twin in Edmonton built by the same developer around 1980.

ciudad_del_norte · #**597** Posted **Dec 3, 2015, 7:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

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One bit of trivia about the brick building on the left is that it has a twin in Edmonton built by the same developer around 1980.

Whoa!

I walked by that building twice daily when I lived in Halifax, and by the Edmonton version, at the same angle twice daily back here. I never made that connection.

Nouvellecosse · #**598** Posted **Dec 3, 2015, 7:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by someone123

That stretch was deliberately planned out to be that way according to somewhat misguided planning principles. At one point pretty much all that mattered were setbacks (more is better), density limits (mostly considered for parking requirements), and buildings heights (less is better). That diagonally-oriented tower and the one on the corner of Summer Street were both deliberately set back from the street to conform to the planning rules of the day.

They're both be improved a lot by adding small lowrise buildings in front.

The weird townhouse should be partially converted for commercial use and the parking deck here should be replaced with a new building:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6418...7i13312!8i6656

One bit of trivia about the brick building on the left is that it has a twin in Edmonton built by the same developer around 1980.

I've always hated the "planning" on SGR in terms of the residential highrises. Horrible.

someone123 · #**599** Posted **Dec 3, 2015, 7:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

I've always hated the "planning" on SGR in terms of the residential highrises. Horrible.

At least things have been improving since 2000 or so. All of the new highrises in this part of town built after that date have had minimal setbacks and step down to the street. Generally they have a 3-5 storey podium or a separate building in front.

The construction site on the left side of the photo is going to be the building shown on the right side of this rendering. The buildings have sloped roofs because they are built right up to the cone- (frustum-?) shaped height limit.

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That's actually a significant upgrade to the streetwall compared to what was there previously. The covered pedestrian walkway makes sense too because that block is quite large and there's a small lane in behind.

Another interesting thing that's happening is the developer that built this condo building around 2002 or so is rebuilding the lower two levels to bring it closer out to the sidewalk and add more commercial space. There are at least 3 new towers in the planning pipeline for the stretch between Summer and Robie too. Nothing that I'm aware of on the southern side of the Public Gardens though.

Daveography · #**600** Posted **Dec 3, 2015, 7:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by someone123

One bit of trivia about the brick building on the left is that it has a twin in Edmonton built by the same developer around 1980.

Haha, as soon as I saw it I knew which was its twin. Even their surroundings are similar:

Halifax:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.6419...7i13312!8i6656

Edmonton:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@53.54289...7i13312!8i6656