Tuesday, December 30, 2014

A year-end look at eastern skylines


The Manhattan skyline from the Empire State Building in August
2014 has been a year of discovering cities in eastern Canada and the U.S. 

From Halifax to Detroit and from Ottawa to Washington, D.C., I had the opportunity to visit nine cities in the region this year. 

For this blogpost, a visit means at least one overnight stay. My excursions in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New York, District of Columbia and Michigan totaled 23 hotel room nights this year – 26 if I include a January trip to Las Vegas, but that’s another story.


I described all my trips in detail in various blogposts this year. So for a recap, I chose to take another look at those adventures by focusing on my photos of skylines of the east.

U.S. Capitol with the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Toronto skyline from the Beaches - first warm day in May

Quebec City with the St. Lawrence River in June
July in Niagara Falls, without a view of the falls
A July cruise along the Ottawa River provides a view of the Chateau Laurier Hotel and Parliament Hill
Fine late September weather in Montreal
Thanksgiving weekend in Windsor


GM headquarters dominates the Detroit skyline in this Thanksgiving weekend view from Windsor


On the ferry in Halifax Harbour on chilly November Sunday afternoon
A November visit to Detroit revealed an empty Woodward Ave. waiting for revitalization