Older Vancouver Photos

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by raggedy13

^Crazy to see Royal Centre/Hyatt under construction. Guess it was the new tallest in its day. Wonder if there were any skyscraper enthusiasts closely following its construction as we now follow Shangri-la's.

My sentiments exactly! I'll bet back then lots of people looked up at the Royal Bank building and went "wow!", just as we are today with Shangri-La.

As a Victorian, the most amazing thing about the Georgian Towers is that it is the exact same size as a building built here in Victoria 11 years later. The difference is that our building (Orchard House) is still the tallest, whereas the Georgian Towers is virtually invisible in Vancouver now.

[vanman]

Some cool pics I found:

(60s?)

(flickr)

(80s?)

(flickr)

(early 90s?)




(global air photos)