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Old Posted Oct 5, 2012, 8:34 PM
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Many street names in Quebec City were... given a french spin in the 70's but St-Jean isn't one of them: it was always known as such.

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Just curious - in 1900 would rue Saint-Jean still have been known as St John Street? When was the change formalized (or was it known by its English and French versions)? Very cool pics by the way.
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Old Posted Oct 5, 2012, 8:48 PM
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Early 1990's in St-Roch, a neighbourhood which suffered particularly during the 1970's.


http://www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/2007/0...h-deja-13-ans/





Nowadays... thank god!!!



http://www.quebecurbain.qc.ca/2010/0...et-aujourdhui/


St Roch Park par crystalluxmore.com, sur Flickr



Jardin St-Roch par davidivivid, sur Flickr



Jardin St-Roch par davidivivid, sur Flickr
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Wow, what a great transformation!
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Is that the Berlin wall in picture two?
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Old Posted Oct 10, 2012, 6:42 PM
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Is that the Berlin wall in picture two?
This part of town used to be called Plywood City!!!


Quebec 1945


http://www.espritdulieu-quebec.ulaval.ca/?p=1434
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Old Posted Oct 10, 2012, 8:52 PM
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North End Halifax circa 1915:


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fabulous transformation, and great photos, as always. I am very jealous of QC.
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National War Memorial, St. John's, 1924:


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All images from Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage - Newfoundland and the Great War.

Royal Newfoundland Regiment marching in St. John's:


Church Lads Brigade on Signal Hill:


Unveiling the National War Memorial.
Memorial Day, July 1, 1924.




And again in 1925. Note that Water Street was cobbled and had street cars.

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Oh no... I'm almost afraid to ask what took the place of this gorgeous memorial? Or is it still there?
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Oh, it's still there. It's our National War Memorial, it'll never be replaced.

Here's a picture from last Memorial Day:


Memorial Day by SignalHillHiker, on Flickr

(Even most of the buildings around it are still the same).
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fabulous transformation, and great photos, as always. I am very jealous of QC.
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Here's an old postcard view (I've got the original) of the Spring Garden Road area. This is a very early aerial photo that was probably taken sometime in the 1920s. The landmark building in the lower left is the Lord Nelson Hotel.


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The Lord Nelson is still there today but this neighbourhood has completely transformed over the past few decades. Here's a more recent aerial photo. The Lord Nelson is the red brick building with white cornices in the lower left:


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Wow it looks so spread out in that first postcard. Here, that's probably the most telling sign of a wealthy, older neighbourhood. The Circular Road area looks a lot like that. Was that the case in Halifax too? Front/side yard = loaded?
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Yes, some of the larger houses would have originally been on estate-sized properties that were later subdivided as townhouses and shops. This was the more desirable end of town and it was one of the first areas where nicer homes were built.

Here's another old postcard showing a rare view of Barrington Street and George Street circa 1920. Unfortunately, the foreground office building on the right was torn down in 1990 or so for an office development that was never built. On the left in the foreground is the old TD bank building, which wasn't very impressive, but that is the site of the modern TD office tower. Behind that building are the five storey Royal Bank and Bank of Montreal office blocks that were built around 1870. Unfortunately they also became bank towers.

The two cupolas in the background are for the old post office and customs house. The post office is still there, but its cupola has been removed. The customs house was torn down in the 1950s. This is one of the worst streets in terms of losses of significant heritage buildings in Halifax. Even those little buildings down near the end of the photo are long gone. They might not have been anything special but there isn't really anything there today.


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Montreal 1920

Griffintown?



Looking east



Looking west



http://www.imtl.org/montreal/search....8&yearmax=1925

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Wow, kind of a sad transformation. Not a fan of it, thank you.
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I tried to find a few from the riots in St. John's leading up to our union with Canada, but couldn't. I also couldn't find any of the downtown businesses draped in black tarps as a symbol of mourning to protest the 52% YES vote. BUT I did find a few beautiful shots of the city as Canada's newest provincial capital, pictures from the 1950s-70s:

All are from this site: Scartists.com









The Fortis Building, St. John's very first modern office tower:











Perhaps the only truly significant loss in a skyline sense loss in the city: the old Newfoundland Hotel, visible on the right.



And a few from the Provincial Archives.

1857



1875





1892



1901



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1920



1939





1945



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awesome St. John's pics!
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These St-John's shots are gems !!!

However, I really don't understand where this shot was taken from and where it's looking at, care to help me ??
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