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Old Skylines
I like pictures of old skylines so i decided to make a thread about about it heres a few to get it started
http://www.phillyskyline.com/misc/1989skyline.jpg http://www.phillyskyline.com/onelibertyplace/ http://www.korrecttech.net/images/at...kyline1976.jpg http://www.korrecttech.net/atlanta_skylines.htm http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures..._skyline01.jpghttp://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...-so-bland.html http://easchwartz.us/Lower%20Manhattan.undated.jpg http://easchwartz.us/nyphotos3.htm http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5097/5...06d0d2bf_z.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/27245393@N08/5593092912/ http://flyoveramerica.files.wordpres...stcard0041.jpg http://flyoveramerica.wordpress.com/ |
http://www.innsight.com/user_images/...1ce8c544ab.jpg
http://www.innsight.com/user_images/...1ce8c544ab.jpg Prior to Ritz Carlton, LA Live, Apex, 717 Flower, Hanover Tower, and Staple Center. |
Some of Detroit from Wayne State University's Virtual Motor City collection:
1920's http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...y=1;view=image WSU Virtual Motor City 1938 http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...y=1;view=image Virtual Motor City 1941 http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...y=1;view=image WSU Virtual Motor City 1968 http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...y=1;view=image WSU Virtual Motor City |
http://www.denver-cityscape.com/imag...1%20Aerial.jpg
http://www.denver-cityscape.com/ Heres denver in 1981 I got the pic from this thread its worth a look it only has pics of denver from the early 80s building boom http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=165308&page=2 |
Chicago, 1941
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/coll...ull/P02185.jpg Charles W. Cushman Collection, Indiana University 1958 While most of these tall buildings remain, an exception is the Morrison Hotel on the far left, which was demolished to make way for the Chase Tower. The Morrison remains the tallest finished building ever demolished outside of New York City. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/coll...ull/P12884.jpg (Cushman) |
Chicago back in the 1950s and 60s looked so incredibly dirty.
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That's because it /was/ incredibly dirty. . .
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Grit is better. It lends character.
Gimme some great lower manhattan skyline shots of the 1920s-1940s. Singularly amazing. Almost better than sex. http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/in...4_0wpa549d.jpg theatlantic.com http://cdnimg.visualizeus.com/thumbs...aa0e59a4_h.jpg visualizeus http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/...13_964x649.jpg dailymail |
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Here's two from Canada
Montreal in the 1960's http://s002.radikal.ru/i200/1001/3a/3fdcf02d1e9b.jpg Source: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...462662&page=22 Toronto in the 1960's http://www.blogto.com/upload/2011/09...335_it0023.jpg Source: http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/09/a...920s_to_1980s/ |
If I could, I would restore the NYC skyline to that look and tear down all the modern buildings. God damn that was so sexy.
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Not sure of the date, but I would guess the late 30s or early 40s.
Old Ithaca, NY http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8...5e2db30f_b.jpg downtown aerial by exithacan, on Flickr :shrug: |
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7...d18453e4_b.jpg
Sydney http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8...3ea82a7a_b.jpg Aussie~mobs http://www.flickr.com/photos/hwmobs/ This guy has a lot of great old photos of Australia;) |
This is a Cool thread.
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Cincinnati: 1850
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2aac5b72.png Source: http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...,r:9,s:0,i:118 Cincinnati: 1930's http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/...ps68cbab51.png |
A little Memphis for y'all.
1937 http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6...his19372sk.jpg Virginia Tech Imagebase Skyline 1961 http://www.mallofmemphis.org/images//oldmem4.jpg http://www.mallofmemphis.org/Main/OldMemphis |
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those pics are great. Heres one of st paul
http://www.srfminneapolis.org/Images...dge%201932.jpg http://www.srfminneapolis.org/YoganandainMN.html |
These aren't quite as old as some of the photos others have posted, but they do show a very different Austin skyline. Also these were taken by Robert Pence who passed away last week.
He took these photos in May of 1981 during what was the worst flood in Austin in 50 years at the time. 13 people died. It became known as the Memorial Day Flood. This photo shows the tower crane for the Hyatt Regency Hotel just across the river south of downtown. The red crane is working on an office building. http://robertpence.com/tx_austin/19810602-0004.jpg Photo by Robert E Pence - http://www.robertpence.com/tx_austin/tx_austin.html I love this photo of his because it pretty much shows Austin's skyline as it appeared the year I was born. There were two new buildings in this photo that would have been under construction in 1979 (the year I was born). This photo also shows the Dobie Center (tall concrete tower left) and Chase Bank Tower (gold glass tower right). Those two buildings later had their facades dramatically altered. In the photo link below each of these photos, there's a photo at that link showing the Chase Bank Tower (then American Bank) that shows the gold glass. Today that building has blue glass facade and a translucent dome on the roof. http://robertpence.com/tx_austin/19810601-0012.jpg Photo by Robert E Pence - http://www.robertpence.com/tx_austin/tx_austin.html |
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