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Old Posted May 1, 2006, 5:42 AM
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^damn....that top building was a beaut.

winnipeg has western canada's first 'skyscraper' (still standing)....also one of the first steel framed buildings in canada....built in 1904...48m high.

the flag pole on the top was the highest flag pole in the british commonwealth.






crap!!!!....i just noticed that scrubbs already posted this.....sorry guys...my bad.
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Confederation building across the street from union tower in winnipeg.......
built 1911


Paris Building Portage and Gary
built in 1915


Union Trust Tower 1911-12
Lombard and Main st



Hamilton Building 1916
McDermot and main



Federal Building 1935
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At least 2 of them are at the University of Calgary (The Typesetter, and the Charwoman) in the link between Mac Hall and the Science buildings.
Some of the gargoyles (for sure the Stenographer, I can't remember what else) were added to the facade of the Alberta Hotel (Murrietas) They're easy to spot.
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Torre de Madrid - year 1957 - 142m (162m antenna)



Edificio España - year 1953 - 117m
thank you so much!!! i remember seeing the Edificio España when i stayed a few blocks away, but never knew the name of it

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Demolished and replaced with a 4 storey office building in 1981


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wow. That the Autralia we NEVER hear about!

How come no one's posting ols school Toronto shit?
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Buenos Aires:

Edificio Kavanagh - 120m - 1935:





Palacio Barolo - 100m - 1923:





Torre Bencich - 80m - 1929:





Others:











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whoa, thanks gert. buenos aires=beautiful, especially Kavanagh.

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wow. That the Autralia we NEVER hear about!

How come no one's posting ols school Toronto shit?
Yeah, it's interesting how it looks quite similar to olde tyme American cities
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BsAs = awesome. i'd love to explore that city as i'm sure it has a lot of hidden gems from the first half of the century...its heyday.
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That old school Australia photo is superb!
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I very much like that Kavanagh building in Buenos Aires!
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Definetly agree about the Kavanagh Bldg. BA has some great stuff

...and those Melbourne pix..lol..yes it does look like a US city from years ago.

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There actually where a (very) few pre WWII German high rises...I know of one in Bochum or Essen, one in Cologne, and this one in Frankfurt, from around 1929-30





Forme corporate HQ of the IG Farben conglomerate it became the US Occupation HQ after WWII.
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i saw a pic of one in Casablanca from a WWII book, but this is the best shot i can find of it on the web (and a better city view than the book.) it's on the middle to the right.



according to Emporis, there's 3 mid-1930s high-rises there.

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when i started this thread, i had very exotic locations in mind (no offense to the Brits and Canadians,) especially the older gems of Shanghai. thanks to skybean on SSC for posting many of 'em:

North China Daily News & AIA Building



Glen Line Building



Bank of Communications



Cathay Hotel (aka Peace Hotel)



Custom House / Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation



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55 Broadway, headquarters of the London Underground - 1927, 54 meters, photo by WJFox2004



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Some old school Toronto 'shit' ...

CCN (1930)



The Royal York (1929)



Old City Hall (1899)



Canada Life (1931)



Optima Business Centre (1915)



Concourse Building (1928)



Whitney Block (1933)



Canadian Pacific (1911)



Traders Bank (1905)



There's a ton missing, but I can't find the pics as easily. You can find many of them on Emporis.

And to put in perspective, here's how it all looked like back then (all pics ~1930 +-5):





This one is a bit older:



And finally our greatest loss--the beautiful old Toronto Star building, replaced by the crappiest tall in the CBD, the First Canadian Place:

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wow. That the Autralia we NEVER hear about!

How come no one's posting ols school Toronto shit?
Wow nice, this could easily be early New York or (less likely, different skyscraper style) Chicago for all I know.
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