Canadian skylines of the past - Page 138

Rico Rommheim · #**2741** Posted **Jul 3, 2019, 12:19 PM**

Montreal 1959

Place Ville-Marie construction site

le calmar · #**2742** Posted **Jul 3, 2019, 2:55 PM**

The copper on Marie-Reine-du-Monde cathedral's dome was brand new. I guess we know almost exactly how old it is now (60 years old). It is due to be restored again.

Dr Awesomesauce · #**2743** Posted **Jul 4, 2019, 2:23 AM**

^^That's the worst thing about Fidel - his cultural appropriation of the indigenous peoples of North America. Such a jerkface...

zahav · #**2744** Posted **Jul 4, 2019, 5:52 AM**

Amazing Montreal shots from 1959, it was so developed already by then and had a real big city vibe for sure.

ScreamingViking · #**2745** Posted **Jul 4, 2019, 6:07 AM**

The Sun Life Building gets a bit lost among the more modern towers now, but damn she's big and impressive.

Re: this view... more Gotham than Gotham, Batman.

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Montreal 1959

Rico Rommheim · #**2746** Posted **Jul 8, 2019, 9:32 AM**

Montreal 1959

https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088...8d0c9d65_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7037/...8108115c_z.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7TDc5km661.../s1600/car.jpg

http://ttnotes.com/images/parc-outre...%C3%A9al-3.jpg

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MM35H0/sun...959-MM35H0.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DUbjN1suxpU/hqdefault.jpg

https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/...re-trudeau.jpg

http://img.src.ca/2016/11/01/635x357...sing_sn635.jpg

Rico Rommheim · #**2747** Posted **Jul 9, 2019, 7:27 PM**

Place d'Armes 1950's

http://www.taylornoakes.com/wp-conte...64efb881_b.jpg

Montreal's new downtown, 1960's

https://storage.googleapis.com/hippo...d45ccd-800.jpg

Montreal General Hospital, 1930's

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hos...s/030/030b.jpg

Women's Pavilion of the Royal Victoria Hospital, 1926

https://postmediamontrealgazette2.fi...l&w=691&zoom=2

Royal Victoria Hospital + Montreal Neurological Institute, 1956

https://postmediamontrealgazette2.fi...l&w=691&zoom=2

Montreal Neurological Institute, 1934

https://postmediamontrealgazette2.fi...l&w=691&zoom=2

Montreal General Hospital under construction in 1953

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BkBpOsTSTn...atrie+copy.jpg

Montreal General Hospital, 1955

http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/siteoffi...?itok=nvll4z5Z

Today

https://media2.ledevoir.com/images_g...2022/image.jpg

Black Star · #**2748** Posted **Jul 9, 2019, 8:22 PM**

Beautiful Montreal pics

davidivivid · #**2749** Posted **Jul 16, 2019, 4:38 PM**

Rue de la Couronne, Québec, circa 1930

https://www.facebook.com/15759439430...type=3&theater

TorontoDrew · #**2750** Posted **Jul 16, 2019, 7:27 PM**

Souorce for all : https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca
Nov 11th 1938

1900
Toronto and York Radial Railway, Mimico Division car..

Toronto general Hospital 1900

J.OT13 · #**2751** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 6:04 PM**

Downtown Ottawa from Lees Station, 1984.

https://twitter.com/OC_Transpo/statu...54224298450946

Similar view in 2015, a few months before the station closed for conversion.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...nsitway-closes

And March 2017 with contruction well underway. Biggest visible change, other than the station itself, is the University of Ottawa skyline on the right of Parliament.

https://www.ligneconfederationline.c...ns-2017-03-07/

TorontoDrew · #**2752** Posted **Jul 19, 2019, 7:58 PM**

Aside from the station changing the background didn't morph that much.

Rico Rommheim · #**2753** Posted **Jul 20, 2019, 2:26 AM**

Central Station under construction, 1920`s

https://garecentrale.ca/assets/media..._2000x1160.jpg

https://garecentrale.ca/assets/media..._2000x1160.jpg

Central station 1930`s. The giant trench here is today covered by central station, PVM, and rene-Levesque boulevard.

https://garecentrale.ca/assets/media..._2000x1160.jpg

The station`s grand railway hotel, the Queen Elizabeth under contruction in 1956

https://garecentrale.ca/assets/media..._2000x1160.jpg

Central station (obscured by its parking bunker), along with its office and hotel complex early 1960`s

https://garecentrale.ca/assets/media..._2000x1160.jpg

Rico Rommheim · #**2754** Posted **Jul 27, 2019, 2:45 AM**

McGill street 1937

Laurentien hotel built in 1947. Now demolished.

Architects buildings built in 1931. Now demolished.

Dorchester Boulevard (Now Rene-Levesque)

St-James street (1910), now St-Antoine

J.OT13 · #**2755** Posted **Jul 29, 2019, 3:57 PM**

Ottawa's Montfort Hospital. Serving the francophone population since 1953 and includes the military hospital wing since 2009.

Recommended for closure by the Harris Government in 1997, the S.O.S. Montfort movement, led by Ottawa's francophone community, was quickly founded to fight the decision. In 1999, the S.O.S. Montfort wins the Ontario Divisional Court and the following appeal in 2001. (note, Harris successfully closed two hospitals in Ottawa, the Riverside, which became medical offices, and Grace, subsequently demolished).

Over the following decade, under the Dalton McGuinty Government, the hospital underwent a massive expansion.

1960 vs 2019.

https://www.facebook.com/LostOttawa/...type=3&theater

someone123 · #**2756** Posted **Aug 10, 2019, 1:02 AM**

Not a skyline but this photo of the Intercolonial Railway station in Halifax is pretty good for 1877. This station was destroyed in the Halifax Explosion in 1917 (it was in one of the hardest-hit areas; 60 people died when the roof of the shed collapsed).

Source

Rico Rommheim · #**2757** Posted **Aug 19, 2019, 3:57 AM**

Oh no. What a shame. Such a beautiful building.

Kind of reminds me of Montreal`s Bonvaneture station (1887-1952)

Rico Rommheim · #**2758** Posted **Aug 19, 2019, 4:07 AM**

View of Victoria square and Beaver Hall street. Architetcs building and 10 storey Gaurantee Company prewar building (both demolished in the 60`s) can be seen.

http://archivesdemontreal.com/docume...4-Md21-005.jpg

Sherbrooke street 1966. Pretty much the same today, except the prewar buildings are grimy AF.

Rico Rommheim · #**2759** Posted **Aug 20, 2019, 3:48 AM**

A monster rises. 1966.

Brand new.

J.OT13 · #**2760** Posted **Aug 23, 2019, 7:28 PM**

Hull, Québec. 1970 vs 2019.

https://twitter.com/ville_gatineau/s...19972484403200