Courtesy of Mike in TO at urbantoronto... this pic really captures Toronto's downtown density in a way that most of the typical skyline shots totally miss.


http://s93803833.onlinehome.us/mike/images/HPIM0466.jpg

Its a nice pic, I just wish that it was a little more clear.

Yeh, its pretty blurry. Great shot though.
It just shows how poorly the CN tower is lit up at night :( Whatever happened to presentation???

Cheap a$$ owners is what happened.

Hey sorry about the blurriness all.... Brand new camera - I'm just getting the hang of it. I'll post more pictures from that vantage point soon.

wow amazing pic there

Guys if you want a sweet picture that is similar, go to mintomidtown.com and you will get a live view of the downtown, and imo that picture looks like NewYork(a view from the Empire State Building b4 9/11)

I don't know if you guys saw it on urbantoronto, but I posted this pic (taken by my SSP bud Paradox21) that shows off Toronto's density really really well.

Please, do not hotlink this image to any other site!!
http://www.inclearimage.com/aaron/From-Panorama-8-1-04.jpg

^ Very, very nice!

Great shot, Lucky24! Please thank Paradox21 for me.

Lucky nice pic, but the one thing I hate about that angle is the huge gaping hole in between fcp and scotia.....i hope trump get built or something soon. im not a fan of big gaping holes...

Guys if you want a sweet picture that is similar, go to mintomidtown.com and you will get a live view of the downtown, and imo that picture looks like NewYork(a view from the Empire State Building b4 9/11)

What's with you guys trying to get your city to look like NYC? I lived in NYC and liked the many amenities (Museums, way too expensive restaurants, fear behind every corner, etc) and couldn't wait to leave and move to Atlanta, a much much more livable city. I practically grew up in North York, because I spent the summers with my Grandparents in Toronto, and I liked the density of Toronto in the 80's. Very manageable. I used to take the subway everywhere at the age of 12. Can you still do that safely? Toronto, stay the way you are, there is enough New York on Manhattan island, for the whole world.

ok
im not saying i want it to look like ny, im saying it DOES look like ny
and
you can ride the subway in new york with out fear of getting robbed now; the city has been cleaned up
and yes, its still safe in toronto

hey lucky 24 what time of day was that pic taken? I dunno it just looks awkward to me on how you see the sun (atleast I think its the sun) and its pretty dark

That's the moon. ;)

"hey lucky 24 what time of day was that pic taken? I dunno it just looks awkward to me on how you see the sun (atleast I think its the sun) and its pretty dark"

"That's the moon. ;)"

:hilarious

That is one amazing picture!

ok
im not saying i want it to look like ny, im saying it DOES look like ny
and
you can ride the subway in new york with out fear of getting robbed now; the city has been cleaned up
and yes, its still safe in toronto

Try riding the subway in NYC after rush hour, from a station in Downtown for instance. They're empty (I mean totally) and the subway is usually empty. That is the most dangerous time. When the train is packed full of people its very safe, because even in NYC someone will usually help you.

lol i thought it was the moon it looks to yellow, great pic though I cant wait till trump, sapphire and all of city place is completed. Ecspecially, sapphire thats gonna add a lot to Toronto's night pictures.

Sweet pics. Toronto kicks ass!

well toronto is not even close to new york city

new york= 21 million people
toronto= 4.5 million people.

well toronto is not even close to new york city

new york= 21 million people
toronto= 4.5 million people.

What's this have to do with anything? :weirdo:

well toronto is not even close to new york city

new york= 21 million people
toronto= 4.5 million people.

gee, thanks

well toronto is not even close to new york city

new york= 21 million people
toronto= 4.5 million people.

Actually, NYC has 8.5 mil, Metro has 22mil, TO has 3.5 mil, metro has 5 mil. They aren't close, but there are more highrises per capita in TO. I think. Could be wrong.

yes toronto has a higher overall density and more highrises per capita than NY

well toronto is not even close to new york city

new york= 21 million people
toronto= 4.5 million people.

Even though this comment is irrelevant, I think I'll respond.

Toronto is far more than 4.5 million. The GTA itself is well over 5 million.

But I see you quoted NYC's CMSA, so in that case, we'll use Toronto's equivalent of a CMSA, which is about 7 million. But whats worse, American CMSA's are artificially large- Toronto's CMSA, if in the US, would include London, Sudbury, Montreal and Ottawa. LOL!

NYC is still much larger, so I don't see the need to make TO look artificially smaller.

New York is about 3 times as large as Toronto, for both the city and "metro" population.

http://img83.exs.cx/img83/1682/TO6.jpg
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/1566/21060685IMG_3046.jpg
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/2814/21060713IMG_3087.jpg
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/4484/30478905torontopan.jpg
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/7189/33761904IMG_5697_720.jpg
http://img83.exs.cx/img83/9693/21060709IMG_3083.jpg

http://img83.exs.cx/img83/664/33380775JJ2M3562.jpg

Wow!

When you think about it, New York is part of a mega-city, made of New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Washington, stretching right over and up including Windsor-Montreal corridor, it's a huge section where you only have to drive about an hour before getting to another large city. In about 200 years, it really will be one huge built up region...

Or not.

And those pics are really neat!

well toronto is not even close to new york city

new york= 21 million people
toronto= 4.5 million people.


can you please add a source for this information,
(btw 4.5 million is old data)

do you realize that, that converstation is like 2 years old???

hey lucky 24 what time of day was that pic taken? I dunno it just looks awkward to me on how you see the sun (atleast I think its the sun) and its pretty dark

Holy $hit!! This guy has some serious problems. A photo taken at night with all the buildings lights on and he wonders how it can be so dark and yet still see the sun!! And he needs to be told that it's the moon!!

Awesome pic:D

Now this one is resurrected from the long dead...

^^Worth it though. A great reminder of those long lost awesome pics. :)

http://static.flickr.com/34/69670405_b9441963ab_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/9/69670420_639f7bfcb0_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/20/69670414_f7a36ece59_o.jpg

This is directly from wikipedia.org (a very reliable online encyclopedia):

The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada. The built-up region extends from Niagara Falls at the eastern end of the Niagara Peninsula, wraps around Lake Ontario west to Hamilton, and then east again across the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, past Toronto to the east of Oshawa.

A July 13, 2004 report from the provincial Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal entitled Places to Grow coined the term Greater Golden Horseshoe, extending the boundaries west to Waterloo Region, north to Barrie, and northeast to Peterborough. A subsequent edition released February 16, 2005 broadened the term further, adding Brant, Haldimand and Northumberland Counties. Statistics Canada defined the region first in its 2001 census as the Extended Golden Horseshoe, combining many CMA's.

Under the most recent definitions, the population was 7,910,585 in the 2001 census with an estimated popluation of 8,600,000 as of 2006.

^^ Uh huh... I also read that, The Greater Golden Horseshoe, counts for almost a half of all Canada's growth.

The thing about NYC metro area includes all of NJ and even STAMFORD, conneticut is part of the NY metro...Ithink even parts of delaware and maryland are part of the NY metro area...that where your 22 mil come from......Toronto's metro area does not go far at all...trust me....TO's metro area is roughly only about 1200 km2...if that

^The NYC metro area doesn't include all of New Jersey, just the northern
part of it. And Maryland and Delaware aren't even on the radar as far as
NYC metropoli is concerned.

Where did you get that information from, anyway?

Even though this comment is irrelevant, I think I'll respond.

Toronto is far more than 4.5 million. The GTA itself is well over 5 million.

But I see you quoted NYC's CMSA, so in that case, we'll use Toronto's equivalent of a CMSA, which is about 7 million. But whats worse, American CMSA's are artificially large- Toronto's CMSA, if in the US, would include London, Sudbury, Montreal and Ottawa. LOL!

NYC is still much larger, so I don't see the need to make TO look artificially smaller.

Not really. 'Some' American CSMA's seem 'artificially large' due to economic
influences on the surrounding areas. Transportation plays a role also. To me,
an 'artificially' large metro would be Chicago/Milwaukee and NYC/Philly-and
Philly nor Milwaukee want any part of their larger neighbors. DC and Baltimore
is an exception though, only because their city propers are only like 45 min.
away from each other.

American metros are not always silly. Atleast not some of the large cities in the north east.

Toronto is not even 45 minutes from Hamilton and Oshawa but they are considered by Canadian standards to be seperate entities.

Toronto is not even 45 minutes from Hamilton and Oshawa but they are considered by Canadian standards to be seperate entities.

Moreover, the Toronto CMA is ZERO kilometers from the Hamilton CMA and Oshawa CMA. They share the same borders in Bullington (HAM)/Oakville (TOR) and Ajax (TOR)/Whitby (OSH) (in which there is very little or no break in development).

^The NYC metro area doesn't include all of New Jersey, just the northern
part of it. And Maryland and Delaware aren't even on the radar as far as
NYC metropoli is concerned.

Where did you get that information from, anyway?

Maybe he meant Pennsylvania.

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area which includes parts of New York, New Jersey, Long Island, and Pennsylvania. The CSMA is composed of Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs) which in turn are made up of counties, parts of counties, and/or towns.

However, I believe there is new nomenclature used by the US census bureau to replace CMSA.

Awsome picture. If I could just chill on top of Scoria plaza with botle of beer ahhh I would do anything.

geez why are we arguing over numbers? Toronto is large, but NY is huge. One of their boroughs (e.g. Queens, Brooklyn) almost has the same population as Toronto. lets get over it and proceed with life. inferiority complexes still loom large within these threads.

Dayum nice shot. Love it. I miss Toronto! I'm in Australia right now. I'll save it and show people!!

All that we are saying is that if Toronto was an American CSA, it would have around 7 million people, not 5 million.