Calgary - Canada

[calgaryguy]

CALGARY, ALBERTA. CANADA.
Population: Just over one million metro.

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/nightSW_0989.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/maxImages/skylineNNW.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/maxImages/skylineStAndrews.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/skylineNNE.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/skylineMidway_0426.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/skylineScots.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownW_0954.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownN_0901.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownS_0865.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/saddledome_0859.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/Barry/skylines/lp2COPpanCC.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/Barry/skylines/lpCitySkylineFromDunbowRoad.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/Barry/skylines/lpmoonskylinepan.jpg

[Tony 175]

Looks nice. I like it better in the day. At night it looks like a bunch of boxes lit up w/ an observation tower.
At day you can see the detail and really see how nice it looks.

I give it a 6.

[X-seed 4000]

Heres what I said in the other thread:


"Calgary's skyline is definantly one of the greats in the Western Hemisphere!! For a city of 1,000,000 its skyline looks like it houses a city of a much larger size!!! 9.5/10!"

[DaninTO]

One of my favourite cities ever. 10/10

[SUNNI]

for its size, this is a very impressive city, abit boxy, but it looks really nice together.. i alos like the observation tower...
9

[SydneyDude]

impressive size and density for a city of that population, but the buildings are very bland and boring.

6/10

[Jeff from Winnipeg]

One of my faves. :cool:

This skyline is always changing and growing and I'm jealous as hell of this place! The buildings are pretty boring individually though. Would spires help this skyline?

I gotta give it atleast a 9/10

[giallo]

Great downtown density. Huge for the population. Good city planning . A lot of boring buildings though. 8.5

[Canuck]

Interesting..... two people said they gave it a 6, yet so far only one person has voted 6...

Hmm...

[baqthier]

7/10

[ProudlyCanadian]

I love this skyline!!!:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Rainier Meadows]

One of the most beautiful skylines in the world - It's an masterpiece of urban design! :cool:

9.5/10

[SteelCity32]

pretty neat at night.

Long one eh?

7.5/10

[parody24]

Calgary is a city I've loved forever. I've been there
3 times and the skyline impresses me and sweeps
me off my feet each time I see it. For a city of
1 million, it's the best skyline on Earth. For that
reason, I give it a 10/10.

[SluuugRadio]

7/10
Who are the ones that gave it a 10? it's not a 10. It's a nice skyline but in no means is it a 10.

[SluuugRadio]

I change my vote to 8/10
this angle is just too nice.
http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownW_0954.jpg

[Oaronuviss]

Simply a 10... anything less than 9 and you don't know what you're talking about! heheh!

What a perfect skyline and city.
It is by far my favorite skyline out of any on earth.

[Username]

I gave it a 9.5/10. All it needs is a slightly off-center 900ft tower with a spire.;)

[chrisaus]

9 - simply because the skyline is fucken massive for the size of the city :)

[Oaronuviss]

I'm going to say it for the 9,000th time.

I F*ING LOVE CALGARY! It has THE BEST skyline on earth. WHY? I don't know... it's just so perfect for it. PERFECT.
Perfect 10 rating.

[renell]

it looks dense but full of boxes.. 6.5

[ryanr]

I like Calgary...I'll give it a 8.5/10

What it lacks is taller scrapers, but otherwise i love the layout:)

[CtrlAltDel]

9/10. Even more beautiful in person. It does need some newer interesting architecture though. Bring on Penny Lane!

[mookiecece]

one great skyline for its size, really dense too!! 9.5/10

[schmidt]

VERY VERY cool, dense, tall, etc... DAMN GOOD
10/10 because of its size

[ganjavih]

Doesn't do much for me... countless cities have better skylines.

7/10 because it's impressive for its size. (I changed it from 6/10)

[TB]

I love calgarys skyline! its excellent! 8.5/10

[arnold]

its beautiful... and it would be considered impressive for a city three times its size. the surrounding neighbourhoods and nature only add to its appeal.

i do agree with those who say that they'd like to see more varied architecture, but it sounds like a couple of the new proposed projects could put that gripe to bed.

bottom line, its a gem... (and i'm glad it's canadian).

i give it an 8.5

[DrumCorpsAlum]

Yet another skyline with the pyramid effect--which draws your eyes into the center. Very green surroundings. I love the view with a hill in it. 8/10.

[Duke Togo]

This is one of THE best skyline in north america!
I think its unfair to call Calgary "boxy", so what if it has a few of them, ever city does!
Also, I love how there's almost no presence of artdeco or any other old architecture; just clean, smooth and glassy modern buildings.
I don't think Calgary's height is a problem, though the observation tower certainly is, and because of that I'll give it a 9.8.

[The Chemist]

Just remember - the Calgary Tower was built before most of the current skyscrapers in downtown Calgary - at 626 feet it was the tallest building in Calgary from it's construction in 1967-8 until the completion of the PetroCanada Centre West Tower (715 feet) in 1984. It's still the 4th tallest structure in Calgary.

I love the Calgary skyline. It's beautiful to my eyes, and very large for a city of our size. I gave it a 9.5, because it's missing a 900 footer that would make it a 10.:D I think it's one of the top 5 skylines in North America, but that's just my opinion.

[Wu-Gambino]

Very nice for Canada!! 7

[Andrew Goh]

Yea, I also think that it's time for Calgary to build something taller than petro canada. But the thing I want the most about the city is underground LRT service is downtown, cuz C-train acts like buses in downtown~ Heard they're working on that, anyone heard about that? Care to give some detail? :)

[dutchmetal]

@ calgaryguy

you have every reason to be proud of your city!

I gave it a 10/10!

Visited Calgary recently for the first time and I really didn't know what to expect. And when we drove down from the airport to city during the evening I saw all those lights and highrises I was like "what the f*ck!"..absolutly fell in love with Calgary.

I stayed at the Ramada downtown, next to the Nexen and Husky Oil buildings...made some great pics there!!

Will be back soon!

[BGT]

9/10

[skiesthelimit]

8/10

*Very* good for a city of just over 1 million, however, I am rating a skyline, not a skyscraper to population ratio. ;)

[BiggySmalls]

9.5/10. It's the best collection of attractive skyscrapers in North America, in my opinion. It may not harness te behemoths of Houston or Chicago, but sometimes less is more. And then there's always the ever-impressive skyscraper amount to population ration to be in awe about. Lovely. :D

[Christy]

10/10
The most attractive skyline IMO. With the mountains in the back, the nice density, and the enormous amount of "twins," it has to be seen in person to truly appreciate the beauty of this skyline. It can easily hold it's own compared to much larger cities, like Detroit. Amazing!

[MG2]

What a fantastic little city...

It gives off a great feel. I voted it a nine out of ten. The population is really quite small and yet this skyline looks amazing compared to a number of cities whose population is more than Calgary; Brisbane for example. I have also considered moving to Canada to live, and Calgary was a serious consideration.

A beautiful city.

MG2

[zhongguoren]

I lived in Calgary from 89-94 (right by Lake Sundance). This is a great little city. Downtown is exactly in the middle of the city, so it's pretty convenient to go to downtown no matter where you live in Calgary. The light transit system, or what we call the C-Train, is pretty convenient as well.

The skyline is great, with the Calgary Tower and the Saddledome providing some contrast.

A 9.5 for this lovely city.

[BG918]

What a freakin' awesome skyline for a city its size! One of my favorites in Canada, if not my favorite. Great design contrasts in the buildings and incredible density, plus I love to see all those condo towers downtown. Every downtown should be like that! And there's plenty of new construction so the skyline will only get better with time. 9.5/10

I love this pic, amazing:
http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownW_0954.jpg

[Evergrey]

9/10

It is an amazing skyline for a city of its size... although most of the buildings aren't really that interesting... rather boxy with bland facades... but it's still a very impressive skyline with great height and density.

[Andrew Goh]

Many people said that my previous pictures didn't work. Please try again now :)

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P/S: I tried 1000 times to get this to work, let me know if you can't see the pics~

[Wu-Gambino]

9/10

[AndrewC]

A very pleasant suprise!

9

[Fabio]

Calgary has one of the best skylines in the world for a city of its size.

Great towers.

[fox1]

pretty impressive little city. you did a great job with the photos too. it deserves an 8.... good work calgary :)

[Andrew Goh]

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/scgohA/130_3049.JPG


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[ProudlyCanadian]

Andrew, Your quality is just fine!! :)


You just need to resize your night shot hehehe... :D

Other then that all I can suggest is that you go out one night and experiment.... different f stops... shutter speeds... locations... etc.

Write down your settings so you will beable to tell what settings you were using for each photo.

Develop.

Compare.

Learn.


p.s.

that spot is my favorite view of the downtown and yes I did take those myself!!! :)

What kind of camera are you using?




:cheers:

[Labrador]

9/10
A marvellous skyline for it's population!:okay:
:)

[Andrew Goh]

BTW, it's great to see Calgary thread broke page 3 :)

[tgt]

It's a good looking city and not saying it cause i live there but i feel it could use about another 800 to 900 buildings for now it would really look great then and would help biuld the cities population to match. 1,000,000 now 5,000,000 tommorw :D

[tgt]

10/10http://17.jpg

[xy12440]

The skyline is already excellent, but I would to see it improve further, by the construction of some 180-250m buildings in the not to distant future.

[Big!]

Really not bad

7/10!!!!!!

[ProudlyCanadian]

http://www.globalairphotos.com/images/ab/calgary/2003/cah2003_203.jpg


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[Kommentare]

10/10 :)

[SeeMacau]

7/10

I think the skyline is too dense !!

[ProudlyCanadian]

From www.viewcalgary.com

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownW_0886.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/bayStatue_0933.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/saitHallComp_0895.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/cpRailway_0947.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/treasuryBranch_0937.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/8Ave_0926.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/thomsonBlock_0923.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/2ndStreet_0934.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/palliser_0948.jpg

[staminous]

9.5 / 10 very attractive skyline. Calgary you can be very proud.

[shadysback_666]

Near perfection.
My favourite in the world hands down... but than again, I am a bit biased.
10/10

[Arab_10]

I love this city, the skyline is amazing 10/10http://C:\Documents and Settings\amin\My Documents\My Pictures [SIZE=3]

[Lars123]

Calgary ,Alberta, Canada , 1 million population


http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/downtownW_0954.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/saddledome_0859.jpg

http://steven.moondrummer.com/misc/space/DSC07969.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/skylineStAndrews.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/skylineMidway_0426.jpg

http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/images/skylineNNE.jpg

[Jasonhouse]

I agree with other who feel that Calgary has an immense DT skyline (especially so many office towers) considering the region's dimunutive size and isolation.

It can't be a 10, as it doesn't have a focal point, which is a key for me. But it is easily impressive enough to get a 9/10.

[90SHO]

I get jealous every time I drive south on highway 2! I often wonder what a Skyline of Calgary would look like with the rivervalley in Edmonton. Perhaps the most beautifull city ever. What you guys need is a 50 000 seat football stadium as close to downtown as possible.

As for those who are surprised that the regions economy can support such a built up financial district. The Calgary-Edmonton corridor is on of the richest in the world. The oil and gas industry built this area, and Alberta's oil reserve compares to those in the middle east.

[Schroedinger's Cat]

8.5/10

[finn]

Calgary looks great - and so many twin towers! It's unusual to see the identical designs of the Bankers Hall (I think that's the name??) towers because they look very much like landmark towers on their own, with quite a high level of detail. I like the smaller residential towers that are popping up around the periphery, as they build up to the taller towers and give a good sense of density! :) 9.5/10

[Bronteboy]

10. That's an outstanding city for 1m - for me, the surprise of the entire skylines list. I simply couldn't understand it until i read the economic explanation somewhere. an example to similar-sized cities in my country, adelaide and perth - both good in their own ways, but a long way to go to catch this. seems to have worked hard and successfully to maximise its advantages at ground level too. Be-jesus, well done

[r2]

something interesting about this skyline is that you'll notice the near absence of a freeway network

[digili_man]

I just love Calgary's skyline! 10

[DiggerD21]

8/10

As already said, for a city of this size it is very impressive.

[josh white]

Certainly one of my favourites because I am from here. I give in a 9.5 out of ten. One more tower above 800 ft, and some more condos on the periphery and it is a 10!

[leeds-rich]

Calgary is one amazing city, having been there several times and seeing the skyline in the flesh i reckon it deserves a 9 but then coming from Leeds UK i dont have much to compare it to!

[WinterHeart]

Calgary has a beatiful skyline! I can't wait to go back there again.

[jay04]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/poto1/cg.jpg

http://www.cbdn.ca/graphics/virtual_visit/calgary.jpg

http://web.cuug.ab.ca/~oppermaa/gif/calgary.jpg

[BYUcougar]

Calgary has one of the most facinating downtowns in all of North America. Whenever I go there, I always get a lump in my throat upon approach and seeing the downtown core in the distance. What a great city. One of the best places to live in NA.

[Tri-City Guy]

Calgary likes things big and its evident in its skyline. Just need another big tall to tower over Petro Canada.

[JBINCALGARY]

the skyline currently is expanding in all directions, not soo much upwards as outwards

[BuffSam]

I love this city, first visit over the summer. Great place, great people, overall 10/10

[DamienK]

7.5/10

[MiniAppleMania]

Very dense, very surprising: 9

[stamps]

I give it a 9.5... I've watched this thing grow for the last 20 years..... It would be nice if we could elevate our tower but I don't now if its feasible.... the best view in my opinion is from the industrial park area east of Deerfoot Trail, that location is elevated and looking downtown westward the mountains are in the background and make for an absolutely breathtaking view...but the skyline is wonderful to look at from numerous positions and seems to draw your attention by some kind of unseen force....... this native born Calgarian never gets sick of looking at it...

[MuddyZehbra32]

Calgary is one of the most beutiful cities I've ever been to (you have to go their) I give it a 10

[jer4893]

kinda reminds me of seattle for some reason.

[VanSeaPor]

Somehow I've always associated this city with Dallas as a kind of little brother. 8.5/10

[MattSal]

Just about every building of this skyline looks great. This one is f***ing brilliant! I give it a 9.5/10. :)

[SoboleuS]

Great skyline. Not very tall but extremally dense. 8,5/10

[B@dGuYoM]

8/10

[Ashok]

8/10

[DRAKKO]

10/10

[O.G. Gnarkill]

Didn't know Denver had a Canadian twin. :)
Really nice! 9.5/10

[nikko]

Beautiful. . .One of the best North America has to offer :D


9.5/10

[mikep]

for city of its size its is amazing. tall, densed, lots of skyscrapers
9.5/10

[nightfire741]

Population: above 1,000,000

http://www.visitortips.com/images/gallery/destinations/canada/calgary/fullsize/calgary12.jpg

http://www.aacip.com/cip_2005/images/skyline_night.jpg

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/nwalle/calgary-skyline.jpg

http://homepage.usask.ca/~gus392/image%20gallery/Calgary%20Downtown.jpg

http://www.lynxradionetwork.com/images/Downtown%20Calgary1.JPG

http://home.iprimus.com.au/mjdowning/Photos/March/Downtown-Calgary.jpg

http://graphics.worldweb.com/PhotoImages/Alberta/JohnSharpe/4241/072.jpg

http://image08.webshots.com/8/1/77/4/127317704vIgior_ph.jpg

http://canadianasianstudies.concordia.ca/jpg/calbuild.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/victorpanlilio/wtc_yyc.jpg

^that ones a fake ;)

[Monkey]

I voted 8/10 btw ... a very impressive and well-developed skyline, with some lovely surroundings.

[Jaybird]

I have never been there, but I would love to go there. I think it LOOKS about as large as Toronto's skyline on some angles you take the Calgary skyline, and depending how many buildings are in the shot, and yet has less than half of TO's population and 1/5 of its metro. Although Calgary is still not nearly as big as Toronto's ENTIRE skyline, but is awesome nevertheless. Just my opinions.

9.5/10. I NEED to take a trip out west sometime. :)

[tibor420]

great city 9/10

[canadian-eh]

one of my favorite cities in the world...i love this city so much. also, i have been there but i don't have pics :)). i voted 10/10 becasue its well-developed and looks great

[Hillis]

10/10 in Canada
8/10 on a global scale for its population of just 1 million

[Muyangguniang]

not very impressive 5

[rise_against]

i love calgary thats a neat pic with the wtc

[40748246]

The most impressive skyline by far for such a small metro area!!!!

[DarkFenX]

I love Calgary's skyline. 10/10

[rt_0891]

Aerials of Calgary, BC & Alberta:

ENJOY:)

http://www.telemark.net/%7Erandallg/photos/pix.asp?album=20020823_calgary

[Valeroso]

Calgary is nice and dense, however (I know I'm not going to be popular with this), it doesn't impress me. The buildings all look similar, the skyline is very boring, and the colours are extremely dull. It looks pretty ordinary compared to the world and nothing really comes out of these pictures that shouts of uniqueness or originality. Its size is impressive however, as is its density, however that is pretty much all there is. I rate things based on the aesthetic value of a skyline and Calgary simply doesn't do it for me unfortunately.

7/10

[EdZed]

Calgary might be getting an 80 story office building.
LINK (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?threadid=78090)

[rt_0891]

http://img112.echo.cx/img112/640/19388026965cddecf5o8dx.jpg

[polako]

If Calgary's metro only houses 1 million people, then it must be rich as hell with a skyline like that.

[40748246]

This downtown is the shit!!!!

[xantarc]

I have to give it a big 10. Perfect. Consider this city...only 1 Million inhabitants and sprawls everywhere but have this downtown skyline. Impressive. Better than Minneapolis.

[Zarkon]

8.5/10 :)

[rt_0891]

You gotta be from Vancouver...that's funny to, because its exactly the same thing my Californian friends say about BC!

Yep. :) The occasional Chinook feels wonderful, but sometimes all that snow and cold is just unbearable.

[in'sauga]

9/10........Calgary is a beautiful city!

[Gherkin007]

not bad at all! It needs a pinnacle though, then it would really be in the 9/9.5 range

[Roekie]

The skyline is simply beautiful !
However right beside the down town is looks very rural and not big city like at all, but that is the north-american style I guess.
Over all very nice and impressing, worth an 8/10 from me

[Whiked918]

I honestly wasn't expecting much when I clicked on it but I'm impressed. I give it a 9.

[Admin]

straight 10

[The Boy David]

For a city of only 1 million (is that 1 million in the metro, or in the city proper, btw?), it has a truely gargantuan skyline.

For the city's size, its the best in the world. (you show me a city of comparable size that has a better skyline and I will eat my hat, which, incidentaly, is lined with a highly toxic lead compound.

9.5 - Bravo! All it needs is a true pinnacle - an 850footer should do the trick nicely, methinks :)

[D_block]

burrah i luv calgary, richest place in canada

[Boris550]

They are still in planning. One was from Sturgess Architecture and some developer from Vancouver, but it was only mentioned in what I think was Calgary's Architecture and Design week (I think the only person on this forum who actually saw a rendering was Josh White). Another proposal was released from EnCana Corporation last month, but they have only said that they want around 2-million square feet in the tower(s) and that they are still looking for a suitable site downtown.

The former I think Sturgess actually said would be around 1000ft. The latter could easily reach 1000ft though, depending on the site, but is still just speculative. I have already e-mailed Gwyn Morgan, the CEO of EnCana, about the tower and have expressed my thoughts on it, but I haven't recieved a message back yet.

[salvius]

Punches WELL above its weight. 9/10.

[canada_habs2004]

I wish we could see Calgary's skyline in more hollywood movies. 8/10 big movies always take place in NYC or LA, but I think Calgary would be a good place to set a movie.

Calgary's skyline is so picture perfect. ie it shows best shows a 'skyline' when you just think of the term in general.

[Elite]

This is a great skyline.
One of my favourites for sure.
9.5/10

For a city of only 1 million (is that 1 million in the metro, or in the city proper, btw?), it has a truely gargantuan skyline.

For the city's size, its the best in the world. (you show me a city of comparable size that has a better skyline and I will eat my hat, which, incidentaly, is lined with a highly toxic lead compound.

9.5 - Bravo! All it needs is a true pinnacle - an 850footer should do the trick nicely, methinks :)

Hmm... Gold Coast has a population of only 500 000 and it has a very good skyline for it's size.
Especially with the new Worlds Tallest Residential building completed, the Q1
Auckland is also another small population city with a great skyline

[cwilson758]

FANTASTIC desity! The buildings are dull and just a bunch of boxes, but this skyline shows what great density can do.

[LMCA1990]

10/10- i love the weather, the skyline and the location of calgary :) .

[MplsTodd]

Calgary gets a 10.0 for the size and scale of its skyline, but a (still-impressive) 8.0 for the quality of the skyline. The skyline has some interesting buildings, but it is dominated by the 1970s-1980s boxes. The Calgary Tower provides a unique feature for the skyline (and I'm glad it was there so I could check out the view from its top), but it is UGLY!! So I'll reconcile to a 9.0.

[El_Greco]

8/10

[pali]

I love this skyline... Its one of my fav. and one of my top 10.

Peace :)

[1st Division Marine]

10 outer 10.

[Boris550]

Finally I have a good pic to contribute to this thread.

I took this from the Southwest corner of the city, looking North-Northeast. The line of houses you can see is the end of development, bordering Highway 22X. Where I live is about 3 or 4 kilometers north of it (22X).

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/7144/calgaryskylinesw2gw.jpg

[FJP]

Perhaps not very high cluster, but nice proportion and distribution.
9/10

[Boris550]

Another one taken by me from 2 days ago. Looking from Ramsey Crossing over the Stampede Grounds North-West towards downtown...

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/8063/skylineramseycrossing2vf.jpg

[Elite]

How does Canada do it.
It has so many great skylines even though the populaton of the cities arn't huge.
No fair lol.

[MrMukherjee]

8/10 Very nice city. Awesome skyline for that size. :)

[Blue_Sky]

Good and nice skyline
8/10

[existing_hazard]

10/10 :)

[You are to blame]

A Calgary pano showing how quickly those surface parking lot are disappearing

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[Boris550]

^ Remember to give me credit... ;)

BTW that was taken today at around 15:30

EDIT: No tripod either, just my point n' click camera.

[The Boy David]

^ Remember to give me credit... ;)

BTW that was taken today at around 15:30

EDIT: No tripod either, just my point n' click camera.
Mate that pano is an absolute roaster :)

Awesome stuff :okay:

[london-b]

I like it alot, 8/10

[Franky]

Amazing how a small city like Calgary can have such tall buildings. 10/10.

[Jules]

Canada's best skyline IMO. 8.5/10

[Oaronuviss]

Truly one of the best skylines on earth.
It has the best mixture...it's such a choppy skyline that is so unique, I can't think of anything that really rivals it in that field.

[bob rulz]

I was there for about 4 hours last summer, it was awesome. Not only a great skyline, but a great city overall.

9/10.

[Sinjin P.]

7/10

[gigi28]

8/10 Nice.

[gigi28]

8/10 Nice.

[forvine]

8.5/10

[Goku]

9/10, one of the best in North America if not the world.

[dmg1mn]

Great Skyline. 10/10

[whitefordj]

This is the skyline that got me loving scraper's when i was a kid. I can still remember the first time i saw the calgary-tower when i was 4-5 years old. Being Metis and having just moved from the bush it was a big influence on who i am today. Calgary was a 10 back then; therefore it is a ten now.

[chinatown]

impressive.
8.5/10

[TC03]

What a skyline should be like! 10/10

[Moren-o]

Nice build-up in height and density.
The individual buildings aren't that great but perfect in group.
8/10

[ltsowiak]

Calgary's skyline is one of those undeniably breathtaking ones upon first view. It lacks the monster sized buildings that you'd see in some of the world's monster-sized cities, but overall it has great density, variety, and a generally great look. From what I've heard it's only going to be getting better with some major projects right around the corner.

[TRMD]

NICE NICE NICE! It is one of my favs... alot of buidings, a nice, tall, and clean looking observation tower, and shiny in the night... full of life... also the 9th best place to live, according to the U.N. stats... wow

[TRMD]

Oh, and btw, I rated it 9.5/10...

[myf282828]

9.0, NICE.

[Jaye101]

AWSOME!

[Kiss the Rain]

beats many american cities of comparable size IMO
7

[vishalt]

That skyline is 10/10, i'd just like to see more "unique" Canadian buildings of different shapes & sizes.

[Mosaic]

Spectacular skyline,really impressive. 7/10

[cmoonflyer]

9/10-is fair !

[whitefordj]

beats many american cities of comparable size IMO
7
No, It beats all Amarican cities anywhere near its size or even tripple its size im my opinion :cheers:

[♣628.8m]

No, It beats all Amarican cities anywhere near its size or even tripple its size im my opinion :cheers:

That's true. Edmonton is close behind.

[tonycro]

8/10 ;)

[rocky]

8.5

[Skyman]

8/10

[diz]

I LOVE THIS CITY

10/10

[05rsx]

Some more shots of the awesome Calgary skyline. 9/10. I have to save the 10 for HK!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/Picture030.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/Picture026.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/Picture019.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/Picture015.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/Picture013.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/Picture001.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5783.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5752.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5610.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5365.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5357.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5335.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5050.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5044.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5032.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_5022.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4991.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4983.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4974.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4794.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4775.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4771.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4767.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4743.jpg


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4738.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_4013.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_3991.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_3987.jpg



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_3986.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/IMG_2526.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/dtpark.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/china749.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/2005ssm/china746.jpg

[whitefordj]

very, very nice pics. thank you for the tour.

[Danny D]

What a beautiful city 9/10 the skyline has alot of neat buildings if you look...

[monkeyronin]

6/10

From a distance, the shape of the skyline looks pretty good, great shape, density, and spacing. but once you go close and see any street scenes, they all look pretty bad. architecture is also relatively dull, and the city outside of the downtown is just awful. sorry, not a fan of Calgary.

[ZD]

9/10

Great density for a somewhat small city. Like everyone else said, the buildings are a bit boring. I also think the tower is a bit cheap looking, but still a great city.

[marpa]

8,5/10

[Shafick]

Beautiful city and nice skyline.. 10 points

:cheers:

[reinhart87]

9.0/10
calgary's skyline has always been the underdog under toronto, montreal, etc.. whereas its skyline is sooo much more beautiful and i personally think toronto is out of the league if you compare calgary and toronto.. i really like it!!

[Woko]

Calgary is beautiful. 9.5/10

[Bertez]

Some of those pics look like a mini Chicago......notice the key word mini;););)

[Dancer]

wow. much better then I thought it would be! 7.0

[forvine]

Really looking amazing and stunning

[cmoonflyer]

Amazing pics ! Love this good -looking and amazing city !

[nano2192]

Impressive skyline.10/10

[algonquin]

I give it 9/10

[SOLOMON]

9/10
c o o l

[AmherstMan]

I LOVE IT. Mostly because of the Nexen Tower.LOL. I own some of their stock and my uncle works for the company but he works at the Houston headquarters.

Can any one post some pics of the building inside and out. I want to see it myself but i cant fit the trip into my scheduel.

[Stiggen]

6,5/10

[sojourner truth ™]

OMG OMG OMG
Wow. I thought it would be like flat. One of the best Canadian skylines! (I've always thought it was overshadowed by Edmonton)

8.5/10

[Nasdaq]

I LOVE IT. Mostly because of the Nexen Tower.LOL. I own some of their stock and my uncle works for the company but he works at the Houston headquarters.

Can any one post some pics of the building inside and out. I want to see it myself but i cant fit the trip into my scheduel.

I'll be downtown tommorow so i'll try get some pictures of Nexen. :yes:

For now, you can check out these pics if you havent already seen them:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=335155

[Shock and Awe]

6.5

[krull]

Great skyline! 9.5

[The Baz]

I like the daytime pics better. Very impressive, didn't know Calgaray was that built up.

[Stiggen]

8,5/10

[whitefordj]

Calgary’s skyline is set for some big changes. The formers over at ssp have all the latest on what’s going on, or should I say up in Calgary. Here is the link. There is so much going on in Calgary that the skyline you see today will be far different in just 3 short years. it will look much larger and denser than it already is.

Here is a link to ssp Calgary construction thread. Most of what is going on is posted and updated on a regularl basis and is very current. Thanks to all the valuable Calgary formers such as borris and josh white for keeping it up to date as well.


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=110605

[panamaboy9016]

I give it a 9/10! The skyline has changed dramatically!

[koolkid]

I give it
8.5/10

I honestly thought Toronto had the only skyline in Canada! :doh:

[whitefordj]

http://montreuxcalgary.com/ i love this one and it should make a nice addition to the skyline. im sold on this project and i am seriously concidering investment if it go's forward as planed. they will be over 50 flrs. :0

[Boris550]

Wait a tick here... I'm considered valuable now? :scouserd: ;)

[Taller, Better]

Calgary continues to amaze!!! :cheers:

[whitefordj]

The information you and the others post are welcome sources for some. Like myself. 

[whitefordj]

Another future skyline rendering by DFresh (CtrlAltDel on SSP), credit for the original photo goes to The Chemist, also an SSP forumer:
thats them at the far west [right] of the picture. they will look amazing in that spot. there will be a need to build up around it however, or they will stick out big time. i dont care i love them any ways. im sold now for sure.



btw, Calgary will reach a new milestone today. 1 million population. :drunk: :dance: :carrot: :booze: :rock: :banana: :scouserd: :cheers1: :banana2: :horse:
congrats to calgary.

[Vrysxy]

10/10

[sharpie20]

9/10

Very impressive, lots of high rise concentration.

[Dreamlıneя]

Quite nice skyline! 9/10

[Accura4Matalan]

9/10

[ToRoNto, g-town]

calgary's skyline is amazing for a city of only 1 million, and it will only continue to get better

[Canadian Chocho]

I gave it a 9 out of 10!!

[will.exe]

10/10 because its Calgary. O Canada...w00t :cheers:

[Marcanadian]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/CalNight.jpg/800px-CalNight.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Downtown_Calgary.jpg/800px-Downtown_Calgary.jpg

[im_from_zw038]

looks muuuuuuch better at night
9/10

[marblewonder]

pretty nice

[cffuny]

8/10

[Liwwadden]

Looks pretty good, 9/10.

[Nasdaq]

Some pics I took last weekend!

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/nasdaq87/August262006031.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/nasdaq87/August262006036.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/nasdaq87/August262006037.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/nasdaq87/August262006043.jpg

[Pelha]

8/10

[ryan79]

I recently met some people from Calgary and they were kinda backwards hick type people so I had this impression of Calgary being a small little town. But judging by this pic it looks like a great city and these people must be a minority. I give it an 8 mainly due to a lack of neon signing at night. I mean its there but doesn't make much of an impact. The size of it even rivals Meblourne - a city 3 time the population.

[gutooo]

9/10

Love Calgary's skyline

[hkskyline]

http://www.globalphotos.org/calgary/20060924/IMG_1592.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/calgary/20061004/IMG_0651.jpg

[whitefordj]

http://www.globalphotos.org/calgary/20060924/IMG_1592.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/calgary/20061004/IMG_0651.jpg

In the first picture i can for-see the impact that a redevaloped victoria park will have on the city, and skyline.

[Nout]

Nice and more than I expected for this city 7/10

[J.P.V]

Population: 1,189,100 (2007)

Elevation: 1084.1 metres [3,556.8 feet] above sea level

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/map_img1.gif

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/vue-aerienne-villes-calgary-alberta.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/skylineNNW.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/IMG_1598.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/skylineMidway_0426.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/nightSW_0989.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/Calgary-1.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/IMG_0855.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/IMG_0834.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/IMG_1618.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/--jon--/TowerNorth.jpg

Add your photo's of Calgary.

I'd give Calgary a 7.5/10. There is still many years before the skyline will be filling up, but it looks promising with the new EnCana Tower (The Bow) being built by Foster & Partners.

[Rizzato]

a prime example of a 7.5 rating, mainly in that it has no real talls but good densetitties

[Taller, Better]

Pretty good for a city its size! 8.5

[Llinass]

7.5/10

[Alibaba]

8.5 :)

[MDguy]

this city blows me away every time I see it. It's amazing looking. I want to go there so badly......9/10 :)

[Luv2travel]

8.5 Always liked it...seems to be very underrated. Will get the respect it deserves with the new projects up and coming :)

[zerokarma]

7.5/10

[ZZ-II]

9/10

[jess19]

Encana's "The Bow" will do so much for Calgary's skyline. Anyways, I give it 9/10.

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/content/projects/1417/FP144696@FO571_exteriorV03.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Encentre-rendering1.jpg

[CtrlAltDel]

Here is a pano I made, featuring most of the current proposals. This is the view from the Calgary Tower, around 2011 or so.
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/422/futurepanofs9.jpg

[Maldonado]

Calgary's skyline is amazing!! :eek:

10/10

[whitefordj]

Here is a pano I made, featuring most of the current proposals. This is the view from the Calgary Tower, around 2011 or so.
http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/422/futurepanofs9.jpg

your work is amazing. i wonder if there is some way the new photos could be placed at the start of the calgary skyline thread. most of the ones there are years old and dont properly represen the citys current skyline.:cheers:

[isaidso]

1,000,000 people? Best skyline in the world of any city that size. The Norman Foster designed skyscraper approved will really take Calgary to the next level. It will be the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto and an architectural gem.

Calgary has the growth and the money to build what it wants. I'm very optimistic about the direction Calgary might go in. Calgary used to build large functional buildings. Hopefully, the Bow will up the standard to include beautiful and sophisticated.

Way to go Calgary.

[MJBU]

i gave it 9.50

[KevD]

I give it
8.5/10

I honestly thought Toronto had the only skyline in Canada! :doh:There's quite a few cities in Canada that have amazing skylines. Toronto, montreal, calgary, and Vancouver are the big ones and there's many many others. Probably 20 or so skylines i would consider nice in Canada. But that number is always growing. Like Kelowna, right now its kinda lame but there's tons of highrises going up right now.

[Nathanaelll]

nice but many blocks.
the skyline needs one tall topbuilding in the center

[cristobal_underscore]

nice, 7.5, but desperatly needs a revitilisation, looks tre' United states and quite dated, as for the Racism that occurs in this city (canada urban issues thread), horrible!

[norteam59]

9/10

[Faisal]

wooow nice skyline 8/10 :)

[MasonicStage™]

8/10 :) nice

[Miguel_Prat]

8/10

[whitefordj]

nice, 7.5, but desperatly needs a revitilisation, looks tre' United states and quite dated, as for the Racism that occurs in this city (canada urban issues thread), horrible!

shameless insult that is simply hogwash. i have live here and i have lived many other places. calgary has no real racism problem. that is just crapp. this is a rate the skyline thread. not a give the city an unfounded, bad reputation thread.:ohno:

[cristobal_underscore]

Glory glory

[MDguy]

It has a stunning skyline and a huge one!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/131185966_87ba4f277e_b.jpg
photo from flickr

[MelboyPete]

7/10...not bad.

[jess19]

http://www.downtowncalgary.com/img/photo_gallery/hotspots_gallery1/hires/hotSpots_hires_22.jpg

http://www.downtowncalgary.com/img/photo_gallery/hotspots_gallery1/hires/hotSpots_hires_21.jpg

[Skyman]

10/10

[PinballWizard]

Nice pictures calgaryguy!

[whitefordj]

nice and they should be moved to the front of the tread. the old ones are getting real old. ;)