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Old Posted Jan 21, 2019, 10:52 PM
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
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Old Posted Jan 29, 2019, 9:33 PM
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/\ Very nice Calgary and Ottawa finds!

What would be the year for Calgary ?
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/\ Very nice Calgary and Ottawa finds!

What would be the year for Calgary ?
Calgary shot is from summer of 1953 (according to the accompanying CBC article).
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Old Posted Jan 29, 2019, 9:37 PM
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Parliament Hill + the grey skies gives such a gothic atmosphere to this photo. About as Kafka-esque as Canada gets.
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It's going to be long time before Parliament Hill looks like that again. It's been under some sort of restoration for years amd will continue to be for years to come.
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Love that photo of Ottawa. The rail yard and the prison stand out...and just a stone's throw from the university - very handy.
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These shots are so nostalgic they actually make me sad
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2019, 1:21 PM
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Amazing QC pictures.
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1920. Montreal. St. James Street

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1964. Montreal. Viger Square. Metro under construction.

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1930. Downtown Montreal.

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1930. Montreal. Above Windsor Station.

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1960. Montreal Forum, before overhaul.

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Montreal, during the wooty construction period of 1992 (adding two tallest).

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^awful parking lots in the foreground are on recently decommissioned railway platforms.

Montreal, early 70s. Place Desjardins under construction.

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Montreal, 1960. PVM under construction.

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Montreal, 1961. PVM under construction.

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QC 1960.

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Montreal, during the wooty construction period of 1992 (adding two tallest).

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^awful parking lots in the foreground are on recently decommissioned railway platforms.
Griffintown has come a long way since then. It's hard a to believe there was a huge wasteland abutting the downtown core back then.
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Cool shot of Ottawa circa 1960. I've never been there..the topography of Ottawa is something.
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Great pictures ! I think you would like this Instagram page : Propos Montreal, if you don't already know it.
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Great pictures ! I think you would like this Instagram page : Propos Montreal, if you don't already know it.


this is a fantastic page.
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I never realized that Le 1000 de la Gauchetière was built at the same time as 1250 René-Lévesque. For some reason I thought it was at least a decade older.

1861 source: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca

Yonge Street looking north from north of Asquith Avenue (then called Jarvis Street). Current location of the Toronto Reference Library.
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Toronto Harbour looking north west, showing waterfront between York & Simcoe Sts.Old Union Station in the background. 1896

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The difference between those ~1890 photos of Quebec City and Calgary (the proverbial two horse town at that time) is stunning. A lot can change in ~125 years.
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