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Old Posted Oct 6, 2014, 2:57 AM
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The University of Sherbrooke's tallest building would also be Sherbrooke's tallest... if it wasn't located in Longueuil.


By Gilles Renaud

Here is the main campus (in Sherbrooke). The picture is from 1978, but it hasn't changed much since then.


http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pa...nts/20166.html
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Douglas Cardinal?
Douglas Cardinal indeed.

It sits on the edge of the University of Regina campus, and backs on to a prairie landscape that superbly highlights the architecture.

Here's another good shot.


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Old Posted Oct 6, 2014, 5:03 AM
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I like it.
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Old Posted Oct 6, 2014, 5:22 AM
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It's not that Dal lacks history, but that history is not nearly as in-your-face as I thought it would be. I attended both schools, and Dal definitely has some cool buildings, but they always felt sufficiently interspersed with modern ones, or parking lots that it just didn't have that sort of grand old effect I thought it would have.
It's definitely a mix of old and new. Another issue is that the campus is quite large. A good half of it could be mistaken for part of the city when in fact they are university buildings. All those detached 1900s houses, for instance. I do think Dal is still in the process of filling in and the whole thing will feel more unified over time.

That said, Dal definitely has an air of establishment to it. You get the same feeling when you're at McGill or Western. Schools like Ryerson and Concordia don't have that.
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Old Posted Oct 6, 2014, 5:30 AM
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Love Concordia's and Toronto's. Fascinating to have such large institutions slammed right into the dense's part of the city. Great campuses and most importantly inject a hell of a lot of youth and young adult culture into the centre of a city. Having such enormous amounts of young people downtown completely changes the way those cities have developed and the services that are available. A huge addition that every city should have emulated when all these institutions were created. Unfortunately the nature of these institutions and their longevity means that even the youngest of them were started well before ideas like this were considered.
There's a lot to be said for small college towns. Schools smack dab in the middle of big cities often get lost in the immensity of their surroundings. Sure they're good for the cities in which they're located, but from a student pov I'd much rather be at some place like Acadia or St. FX.

In these tiny college towns, you get the full university experience. There are no outside distractions and cultural life is focused on campus. It creates tremendous school spirit, participation, and you feel connected to your school in a far more intimate way. 5100 people showed up at the St. FX - Acadia football game 2 days ago and 5158 students go to St. FX. So basically the whole school showed up. Nothing like it exists at big schools in big cities.

Schools like Western and Dal are in this weird space. Not quite a big city, but not a small college town either. I still think it's a better student experience than one gets at places like the U of T or Concordia. Student cultural life is almost non existent by comparison.
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Here's a great shot of McGill and Molson Stadium. Go Redmen!


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Queen's University, Kingston:
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Closeups showing limestone cladding. Almost all buildings at Queen's are cladded in limestone, even the new ones (the building on the left in the second picture was built in the 1990s).




This one is my favourite from a context perspective. It shows how Queen's is located in a central urban setting yet still outside the CBD (Queen's is in the lower left, downtown in the centre-right)

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Great Queens pics.

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What's that UofW (or it could be UofM) Red River something building, with the preserved historic facades and a modern building incorporated into it. That one looks awesome.
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Here's a great shot of McGill and Molson Stadium. Go Redmen!
Here's a better one (With part of the McGill campus on the right)

p.s. are these the Redmen or the Als playing down there? If it's the Redmen then it's quite a substantial crowd.


University of Montreal (Canada's second largest university) main building








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UofM reminds me so much of Towers Corporate Campus (formerly a college for girls) here.



I wish ours was that grand, or that Memorial had something similar. I hate that it's as ugly as it is.
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Here's a better one (With part of the McGill campus on the right)
I LOVE how the stadium is integrated directly into the immediate area, connected to certain buildings and looking right at home next to others!
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UofM is freaking sweet. Definitely my favorite, though UofT has some pretty interesting buildings that I've crept around in. Never been a fan of my home town university (McMaster). It has always felt sterile, small and a lot more modern than the ones in bigger cities. I suppose that's because it only moved to Hamilton 80 years ago.
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Great Queens pics.

What's that UofW (or it could be UofM) Red River something building, with the preserved historic facades and a modern building incorporated into it. That one looks awesome.
Your right, it's the Red River College - Downtown Campus


cbc.ca

mhs.mb.ca

Then there is the Red River Paterson GlobalFoods Institute, part of the campus across the street

http://doorsopenwinnipeg.ca/rrc-pate...obalfoods.html

Frontal view from Main St, during it's expansion/renovation.

http://blogs.rrc.ca/housing/accommodations/
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That's Boston-quality heritage restoration/rehabilitation right there. I'd kill for those two buildings here, just as they are. They'd easily be my favourites in St. John's.
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That's Boston-quality heritage restoration/rehabilitation right there. I'd kill for those two buildings here, just as they are. They'd easily be my favourites in St. John's.
St John's would an ideal location for both. The restoration work on the facade of the main campus though would fit like a glove. It's actually reminds me of many of the pictures you post, vivid, bold colors.
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Concordia's EV Building

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Douglas Cardinal indeed.

It sits on the edge of the University of Regina campus, and backs on to a prairie landscape that superbly highlights the architecture.

Here's another good shot.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_N...sity_of_Canada
Urban would you happen to have any photos of the old university of Regina campus on college ave thank you
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I can't seem to find a decent pic showing all of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, so I'll give you what I could find.

View from Saint John River, Walking Bridge in foreground



Overhead pic missing parts of campus, new Currie Centre in foreground, Lady Beaverbrook Gymnasium in lower left



Pic showing more of campus, downtown Fredericton in background



Pic of Student Union Building in winter



These Google Street view pics are the best views there are, it's hard to find a that can do it justice.

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Bonus Pic of UNB Saint John



Bonus interactive map of Saint Thomas University, right next to UNB Fredericton and the most symmetrical campus I've seen

http://map.stu.ca/#UMAP_2013100206596
That first pic is mostly St. Thomas no?
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