Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 1172

Rico Rommheim · #**23421** Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 3:54 PM**

megafolie https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/skyline-de-montreal/325/873

cranes · #**23422** Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 4:35 PM**

Downtown Kitchener

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-...han-170-two-and-three-bedroom-units.html
In response to a 42-storey tower proposed for Victoria Street South near Park Street in Kitchener:

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May 1, 2023 - Responding to concerns that tower heights proposed here and in other developments along Victoria Street are increasing further away from downtown, Dumart said there are about 10 taller buildings in approval or construction in the downtown.

https://skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/...house-edge-architects.35579/post-1946680

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May 13, 2023 - Kitchener is definitely getting tall and it's happened really fast with all of the tall buildings being proposed in the last 6 years. Overall Kitchener currently has 28 buildings in various stages of development that are 30 floors or higher, 11 of them are 40 floors or taller, and 3 of them are 50 floors or taller and will be tall enough to be considered skyscrapers (150m), there are also a few projects that aren't publicly announced yet but are rumored to be 50+ stories. Meanwhile Cambridge and Waterloo have a combined 3 buildings that are proposed at or above 30 floors. So any development in the region is really focused on Kitchener.

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25655371/704-60-frederick-st-kitchener

WhipperSnapper · #**23423** Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 4:48 PM**

There could be a thousand proposed skyscrapers. It doesn't change the skyline. That said, some get built. It will be a taller skyline. It won't necessarily be a nice or nicer skyline or will downtown's urban context gain from them if they end up looking like that one.

mleblanc · #**23424** Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 8:38 PM**

Moody weather over the Halifax Commons, Citadel, and downtown. Source: Reddit

Nouvellecosse · #**23425** Posted **Jun 6, 2023, 9:02 PM**

^Nice! Giving me very QC vibes with McNabs as a mini Orleans from that vantage point.

Martin Mtl · #**23426** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 12:02 AM**

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/jfsavariaphotographe

harls · #**23427** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 2:54 AM**

Do they still do the Tam-tams in Montreal every weekend, Martin?

Martin Mtl · #**23428** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 12:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by harls

Do they still do the Tam-tams in Montreal every weekend, Martin?

Yes as far as I know.

Montreal in the smog yesterday.

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/ledevoir

Hackslack · #**23429** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 1:48 PM**

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-new...ts-housing-affordability-recommendations

Rico Rommheim · #**23430** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 2:49 PM**

Really nice MTL shots!

...too bad though that all the towers are the same height...

Vin · #**23431** Posted **Jun 7, 2023, 8:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

All great shots, but I like the second to last one there with the 5 tallest buildings in succession.

Vancouver by far makes for the best skyline shots in Canada.

All lining up with the tallest to beat the Viewcones?

koops65 · #**23432** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 1:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Really nice MTL shots!

...too bad though that all the towers are the same height...

That's right... including U/C towers, the roof height of the 7 tallest buildings will all be within 5 metres of each other.

MonkeyRonin · #**23433** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 4:24 AM**

The West End

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25674089/803-1960-robson-street-vancouver

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25609269/2208-1850-comox-street-vancouver

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25418549/407-1850-comox-street-vancouver

craner · #**23434** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 5:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/jfsavariaphotographe

This is a great shot !

Architype · #**23435** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 7:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by craner

This is a great shot !

But those arms aren't real.

Vancouver just before sunset, last week.

photos by me

Rico Rommheim · #**23436** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 12:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Yes as far as I know.

Montreal in the smog yesterday.

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/ledevoir

I guess I've pretty much made up my mind....I don't like the national bank tower!

The Philips square tower though is dope. It's got a diet-sears tower vibe.

Martin Mtl · #**23437** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 12:59 PM**

The National Bank tower is an average big glass box. Montreal didn't have one quite like that, so now we do. I find that it looks okay from certain angle...

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/AgoraMTL

WhipperSnapper · #**23438** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 1:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

That's right... including U/C towers, the roof height of the 7 tallest buildings will all be within 5 metres of each other.

There are still some valleys between those peaks. There could be an argument for table legs. However, there is no table top and a 200 metre tall one at that. What does Kitchener have? A virtual skyline of proposed towers? cause there isn't all that much now.

WhipperSnapper · #**23439** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

The National Bank tower is an average big glass box. Montreal didn't have one quite like that, so now we do. I find that it looks okay from certain angle...

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/AgoraMTL

the cladding is quite mediocre with a vision glass panel and a thick spandrel glass spacer separated via a silver mullion

Rico Rommheim · #**23440** Posted **Jun 8, 2023, 3:08 PM**

It does look better from the street. And it's true it does give us the standard mediocre blue box unit. I don't hate it. Mediocre is the correct way to see it.

That being said, the VSLP turned out much better than I had anticipated. And the surprise height downgrade of the NBC tower helps the VSLP stand out a bit.