Canadian skylines of the past - Page 38

kool maudit · #**741** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 1:52 PM**

montreal's downtown always kind of wandered along st. paul, through victoria square, and up the hill toward the west end. it made for an expansive core, but not one that ever cohered into the sort of hyper-density that big pre-war downtowns are known for.

montreal in general kind of wanders and meanders, always dipping out of view or splitting itself into discrete sections. you always feel like you are in the center of your particular part of montreal, but its connection to the greater city is somehow less-than-visible.

Rico Rommheim · #**742** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 2:43 PM**

Back when Windsor station mattered. Much of the buildings in the lower half this picture have since been butchered to make way for giant parking lots that are only starting to be filled up now.

davidivivid · #**743** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 3:36 PM**

These old pics are a real treat on this very snowy monday morning!

SignalHillHiker · #**744** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 3:38 PM**

I miss the way ports used to be.

Dylan Leblanc · #**745** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 6:22 PM**

Victoria in 1947

franktko · #**746** Posted **Jan 27, 2014, 8:05 PM**

Coin Ontario et Saint-Denis 1957

Secteur du Red Light, 1957, VM94S40D3-179 by Archives de la Ville de Montréal, on Flickr

https://www.google.com/maps/preview/@45....3m4!1e1!3m2!1smaUEvQgS3irRr10wf9PNKw!2e0

MTLskyline · #**747** Posted **Jan 28, 2014, 8:38 PM**

^ It's a shame Montreal's streetcars were ripped up. It made for a more big city feel.

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Two shots of Montreal in 1832 from île Ste-Hélène below. Note that the city is limited mostly to Old Montreal, and the current downtown is still rural. It had around 30,000 people at the time.

Montréal 1832. Depuis l'île Ste-Hélène. by DubyDub2009, on Flickr

ScreamingViking · #**748** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 6:32 AM**

Those are gorgeous.

Rico Rommheim · #**749** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 1:32 PM**

Downtown's west side. Mid 70's. See the blighted Griffintown in the lower half of the frame.

Rico Rommheim · #**750** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 2:58 PM**

Where place Ville Marie was built.

Place d'Armes 1925

RIP Hotel Windsor

Late 1890's?

esquire · #**751** Posted **Jan 29, 2014, 3:14 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I miss the way ports used to be.

Couldn't agree more. Even in the 60s, they were generally urban right up to the water's edge. By the 90s it was though that had never existed, with large barren wastelands separating the built-up part of the city from the water.

@Rico: Spectacular photos. The over-the-top modernity of Montreal in the 60s and early 70s was really something else.

Darkoshvilli · #**752** Posted **Jan 30, 2014, 9:44 PM**

1963

http://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesmontreal/9496128232/

MTLskyline · #**753** Posted **Feb 2, 2014, 3:06 AM**

Very fascinating view of Montreal sometime in the late 1950s. Interesting to note which buildings are no more (Laurentian Hotel, Windsor Hotel, Tour Drummond, Architects Building, all the buildings on the site of present day Place Ville-Marie, etc).

Montreal, Quebec by The Pie Shops Collection, on Flickr

drawarc · #**754** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 12:00 AM**

Ottawa, early 1970s:

Photo by Norm MacLeod.
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151846512665303&set=o.380334048732492&type=3&theater

Photo by Norm MacLeod.
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151858465995303&set=o.380334048732492&type=3&permPage=1

Photo by Norm MacLeod.
Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151858467880303&set=o.380334048732492&type=3&permPage=1

franktko · #**755** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 3:28 AM**

1960 Hydro-Québec:

Spring 1961:

August 1961:

1963:

craner · #**756** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 3:32 AM**

Those 1961 shots of Montreal are awesome with PVM & CIBC racing each other - instant skyline.

franktko · #**757** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 3:34 AM**

Great Shell logo:

craner · #**758** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 3:35 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

The cladding Looks so white and clean!
(Love this thread).

MTLskyline · #**759** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 4:16 AM**

Wow! Great post franktko! The last picture confuses me a bit. It looks as though part of the port is a stone's throw from Windsor Station and downtown. Where was it taken?

Also, I would like to remind everyone to include the sources of the images (please link to the page the image was on rather than the image's URL). Thanks.

franktko · #**760** Posted **Feb 6, 2014, 4:30 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Wow! Great post franktko! The last picture confuses me a bit. It looks as though part of the port is a stone's throw from Windsor Station and downtown. Where was it taken?

Also, I would like to remind everyone to include the sources of the images (please link to the page the image was on rather than the image's URL). Thanks.

I assume it must have been taken from the canal. Sorry about the sources: http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread_archive.asp?fid=9&threadid=74219&currpage=1

Looks like this dock, with cars and buses parked on it... http://www.app.catbus.ca/1947satelliteview/app.html#18;45.48924391679481;-73.55936401350021