Old Skylines - Page 7

i_am_hydrogen · #**121** Posted **Jul 21, 2013, 2:39 AM**

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JACKinBeantown · #**122** Posted **Jul 21, 2013, 3:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1

Something I posted in another thread that I can post here. New York City on December 16th 1951.

http://caspost.com/wp-content/upload...york-A-001.jpg

This picture illustrates an interesting point: "newer" cities such as Dubai, the Pudong district in Shanghai, many other Chinese cities, etc. either have new skyscrapers where there were previously empty spaces or large swaths that simply got razed. But Manhattan below Central Park has literally been filled with buildings for a couple centuries. New buildings must acquire the land and fill a demand for space. ESB is the obvious exception, and is actually an example of what is happening in many of the newer cities around the world... building a trophy for bragging rights in the hopes of attracting the demand before it actually is there.

Yackemflaber69 · #**123** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 10:36 PM**

http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...an-pearson.jpg

Philly 2005

jg6544 · #**124** Posted **Jul 22, 2013, 11:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Yackemflaber69

http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...an-pearson.jpg

Philly 2005

Time was, the rule in Philly was "nothing taller than Billy Penn's hat".

mdiederi · #**125** Posted **Aug 20, 2013, 2:02 PM**

http://www.reddit.com/r/Oceanlinerporn

MolsonExport · #**126** Posted **Aug 21, 2013, 12:55 PM**

^wonderful. what I would give to be able to go back and stroll the streets of the NYC of 1910-1945.

mdiederi · #**127** Posted **Aug 23, 2013, 1:21 AM**

http://erichsprague.com/thesis.html

Yackemflaber69 · #**128** Posted **Sep 3, 2013, 1:11 AM**

http://washingtonstate.wikia.com/wiki/Seattle

seattle 1980

jg6544 · #**129** Posted **Sep 3, 2013, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by mdiederi

http://www.reddit.com/r/Oceanlinerporn

The burned-out hulk of the former ocean liner, Normandie, being hauled off to be broken for scrap. During her short life, she was the most beautiful liner in the world and there has been nothing like her since.

Yackemflaber69 · #**130** Posted **Sep 17, 2013, 3:27 AM**

http://www.minkler-photo-gallery.com...las-vegas.html

Las Vegas, NV 1998

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdavidclark/6816878865/

Seattle, WA 1985

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woodrow · #**131** Posted **Sep 17, 2013, 2:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by jg6544

The burned-out hulk of the former ocean liner, Normandie, being hauled off to be broken for scrap. During her short life, she was the most beautiful liner in the world and there has been nothing like her since.

Ugh....so sad. The beauty of the Normandie is truly unsurpassed. I would have loved to have seen her.

FYI - some of the panelling and furniture from the grande salon (the main first class Lounge) are in the Chicago Hilton & Tower - the Normandie Lounge.

Trantor · #**132** Posted **Sep 17, 2013, 6:24 PM**

São Paulo - all photos from LIFE archive

ColDayMan · #**133** Posted **Sep 18, 2013, 3:15 AM**

Wow @ Sao Paulo!

peanut gallery · #**134** Posted **Sep 18, 2013, 5:18 AM**

^Ditto that. Those shots are mesmerizing. I can get lost for hours in historical shots like these.

Yackemflaber69 · #**135** Posted **Oct 24, 2013, 6:16 AM**

http://aroundaustin.typepad.com/phot...kyline_web.jpg

Austin, TX 2002

http://www.knowledgerush.com/wiki_im...ne_daytime.jpg

Charlotte, NC 2001

http://phillyskyline.com/archive_0805.htm

Philadelphia, PA 2002

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4101/4...2eb05683_o.jpg

Cleveland, OH 2001

Tedious · #**136** Posted **Oct 25, 2013, 5:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown

This picture illustrates an interesting point: "newer" cities such as Dubai, the Pudong district in Shanghai, many other Chinese cities, etc. either have new skyscrapers where there were previously empty spaces or large swaths that simply got razed. But Manhattan below Central Park has literally been filled with buildings for a couple centuries. New buildings must acquire the land and fill a demand for space. ESB is the obvious exception, and is actually an example of what is happening in many of the newer cities around the world... building a trophy for bragging rights in the hopes of attracting the demand before it actually is there.

Very well said. One is a (mainly, though arguably less and less) free market constitutional republic, the others are essentially different variations of command economies. Not knocking people from those other countries, the difference is just interesting.

Rico Rommheim · #**137** Posted **Oct 25, 2013, 5:43 AM**

Sao paolo was one classy city.

Mojeda101 · #**138** Posted **Oct 25, 2013, 11:41 AM**

Pano of Downtown Los Angeles in 1917. I hate the height ordinance so much. Check the link if you want a bigger photo. This can go up to 22159x5025. That's a lot of megapixels, haha.

Downtown MegaPano Nov 1917 by Hunter DTLA, on Flickr

Yackemflaber69 · #**139** Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 5:49 AM**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Re...us_houston.jpg

April,5,1986

MolsonExport · #**140** Posted **Oct 30, 2013, 1:03 PM**

Wonderful Sao Paulo pix from the archives