Canadian skylines of the past - Page 101

MolsonExport · #1 Posted **Feb 23, 2016, 6:17 PM**

Montreal changed little over that period until quite recently, but it is making up for lost time. Winnipeg is probably similar in this regard. Most of the towers that went up in Montreal from 1993-2013 were infill, rarely the sort that changes the skyline. Not much wootwootmanship from the air, but the effect on the ground was very positive. Now Montreal is getting both.

craner · #2 Posted **Feb 23, 2016, 7:58 PM**

^That's ironic, a "Future Canadian Skyline" render in the "Canadian Skylines of the Past" thread.
I love it.

itom 987 · #3 Posted **Feb 27, 2016, 12:38 AM**

Holy crap!

Dr Awesomesauce · #4 Posted **Feb 27, 2016, 3:10 AM**

^Awesome!

MolsonExport · #5 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:07 PM**

Montreal Aerial, 1935

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flipv · #6 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 2:09 PM**

Nice and thick Montreal... Much was lost as well, but nothing quite as criminal as Toronto.

Darkoshvilli · #7 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:14 PM**

That must be 30-31 because the Aldred building is still being built^^

Rico Rommheim · #8 Posted **Mar 3, 2016, 10:51 PM**

I don't see the architects building either.

Dr Awesomesauce · #9 Posted **Mar 5, 2016, 6:25 AM**

What a great aerial. So much has changed - really hard for me to identify any landmarks aside from the Royal Bank. Took me ten minutes to find Notre Dame...

MonkeyRonin · #10 Posted **Mar 5, 2016, 6:38 PM**

1953

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=23318

KnoxfordGuy · #11 Posted **Mar 5, 2016, 9:59 PM**

I love how dirty everything is! I've never seen a picture of 50's Toronto in such detail!

north 42 · #12 Posted **Mar 7, 2016, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

1953

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=23318

A bit of a Cleveland vibe going on.

Skyisnolimit · #13 Posted **Apr 16, 2016, 6:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

1953

http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=23318

Wow never realized how bad Toronto was in the 50's all those soot covered buildings. This truly needs to be a before and after pic with modern Toronto .

Darkoshvilli · #14 Posted **Mar 5, 2016, 10:42 PM**

Thats a very, um, brown looking city.

Rico Rommheim · #15 Posted **Mar 5, 2016, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Darkoshvilli

Thats a very, um, brown looking city.

It still kinda is...

biguc · #16 Posted **Mar 5, 2016, 11:00 PM**

Glenn Gould's Toronto, everyone.

ssiguy · #17 Posted **Mar 6, 2016, 5:13 AM**

What a ghastly looking place Toronto was.

hipster duck · #18 Posted **Mar 6, 2016, 7:40 PM**

6 years of deferred maintenance during the war and burning high sulfur coal as a heating fuel will do that to a city. It's no wonder that so many old buildings were demolished in the 1950s. The ornamentation and stone construction of Victorian buildings really soaked up all that grime and coal dust, making them look especially shabby.

Toronto wasn't even all that bad compared to other cities. In Pittsburgh you could see the air from the street:

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kool maudit · #19 Posted **Mar 7, 2016, 7:45 AM**

I like Toronto's look in that photo. It's muscular. Look at those rail lines swarming in to feed the beast.

flipv · #20 Posted **Mar 7, 2016, 5:57 PM**

And that folks, that dirty, sooty Toronto is what laid the foundations for surpassing Montreal as Canada's economic engine.

I think it looks beautiful IMO.