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Old Posted Jun 8, 2008, 8:51 PM
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Skyscrapers of old under construction
I made a thread a few months ago that was pretty awesome and for whatever reason, it was deleated. No one told me why. In any event, time to restart this.

Here are some from LA:

Wells Fargo Plaza



Cal Plaza 1


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City National Plaza





200 Figueroa


611 Place


Department of Water and Power


Bank of America Plaza


AON Center


Gas Company Tower


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550 S. Hope Street


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Two California Plaza


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Figueroa @ Wilshire & 777 Tower

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US Bank Tower
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Here are some more pics:

Maina City (Chicago)



Woolworth Building (NYC)




Chrysler Building (NYC)



MetLife Building (NYC)


City Hall (Toronto)


United Nations



WTC






One Atlantic Center




City Hall (LA)


Key Tower






JPMorgan Chase Tower



Petronas Towers



Taipei 101




Chrysler Building




CN Tower




Space Needle




Eiffel Tower




Turning Torso




Swiss Re




Burj Al Arab



Bank of China


Trump World Tower


WFC


Columbia Center
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Actually a rendering,posted in this thread http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=3499526#post3499526

In the background you can see republic tower,energy plaza and 1400 pacific all UC,and the recently completed San Jacinto tower on the left
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Good thread, Threehundred. Man, those construction photos of L.A. in the 60's, 70's and 80's are awesome!
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Brillliant idea for a thread. Those LA shots and the Space Needle are well fantastic.
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^^^ That JHC pic has always been my favorite hands down.
Thanks for posting it cbotnyse.
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Expo Habitat (Montreal) under construction

http://www.westland.net/expo67/map-docs/buildingexpo.htm
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WOW i like it that builidng,
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Montreal booming in the 1960s : Place Ville-Marie ( Royal Bank of Canada Headquarters) and CIBC Tower ( CIBC Headquarters ) under construction.



The US Pavilion under construction at the 1967 World Fair


The Olympic Stadium







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Desjardins Credit Union Headquarters
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this thread is awesome - thanks for pics
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Empire State U/C



Chrysler Building U/C




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Nothing like seeing NYC Landmarks under construction, miss the twins.
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Great, great thread!
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