Canadian skylines of the past
Old Montreal and downtown in 1963. Virtually everything in this picture is still intact.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7...b3fe7bd5_b.jpg By Archives de la Ville de Montréal on Flickr |
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Awesome thread idea!
And Calgary is the most impressive skyline in terms of change. Definition of a boom town. Amazing to think before the oil boom...how much Alberta has changed. |
This aerial photo of Halifax looks to have been takes sometime between the late fifties and early sixties:
http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab18/nsarm/hfx1.jpg Source |
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Hamilton: I picked these out of the "Old Pics of Hamilton" thread here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=151765 I guess they don't really count as skyline shots per se but Hamilton doesn't really have a traditional skyline like most other cities.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Hamilton24.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Hamilton09.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Hamilton08.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Hamilton05.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Hamilton04.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...Hamilton01.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...son1959hpl.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...954ppowell.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...r/JAMESHPL.jpg |
Toronto skyline:
1950's: http://www.blogto.com/upload/2010/08...0s_skyline.jpg 1968: http://www.blogto.com/upload/2010/08...69_skyline.jpg More here. |
What an incredible change in only 9 years!!!!
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One other cool image from that article:
1973: http://www.blogto.com/upload/2010/08...73_skyline.jpg Let's see who's the first one to see what's wrong with it. |
CBD of Edmonton circa mid 50s
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/...e7862641_o.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/...e7862641_o.jpg) |
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EDIT: Wait I think I figured it out. Is it the West end of DT coming down from Bow Trail? If so, holy shit! |
Awesome shots!
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Montreal 1784
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6124/6...38c8bd4b_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexpl...7624012768417/ Montreal 1803 http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6208/6...27cbe840_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexpl...57624012768417 1832 http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5171/5...e120ce9c_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexpl...7624012768417/ 1866 http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4090/4...e9ed83b2_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexpl...7624012768417/ 1962 http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4104/4...f3769fa2_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbexpl...57624012768417 |
Calgary's timeline is very impressive. Boom town!
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Here's an aerial of downtown Halifax from around 1920 (hosted by me):
http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/im...6/original.jpg |
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