Canadian skylines of the past

[SignalHillHiker]

I went through the archives.

We actually do have some census-related documents that survive.

In 1891, they did a census of the two electoral districts that comprise St. John's.

Both combined were far smaller than our current CMA and list each separate municipality included in the total.

The total for both is:

36,027

To get just the city, I've chosen to combine only those areas that were (as I understand it) then connected to the city by unbroken development.

So:

St. John's East

St. John's from Beck's Cove East: 15,347
Quidi Vidi: 187
Portugal Cove: 1,021

Total: 16,555

Leaving out: Logy Bay, Outer Cove, Middle Cove, Torbay, Flatrock, Pouch Cove, Cape St. Francis, Bauline, and Bell Island.

St. John's West

St. John's from Beck's Cove West: 13,660
Blackhead: 92
Maddox Cove: 100
Petty Harbour: 953

Total: 14,805

Leaving out: Broad Cove

So grand total for JUST the city in 1891 is:

31,360

*****

One other cute thing. In 1891, the total responses for birthplace:

Newfoundland: 195,472
England: 1,789
Ireland: 1,221
Scotland: 388
Other British Colonies (Bermuda, etc.): 1,210
Foreign States: 2,623
Indians: 143

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[Rico Rommheim]

Awesome Toronto shots. It's downtown was grandiose even back then. Even more so than Montreal's, like in this image - you can't find that scene in Montreal, we just don't have a half dozen+ pre-war high-rises next to each other. We may have had more high roses in total, but ours were spread out and shorter.


19680511 17 TTC 4334 King St. @ Bay St. by davidwilson1949, on Flickr

[SignalHillHiker]

Going through an old British geography book from 1915 - The Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland.

It has some cute pictures and passages!

[king10]

Originally Posted by MeIsThomas

East-Hamilton | 1960s

This aerial photograph from the 1960s shows development encroaching on the east-end airport with one of the runways visible on the far right.


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Wow Hamilton had an east end airport? Never knew that. I recognize Stelco and the QEW but can't recognize any of the inner city.

[Architype]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Going through an old British geography book from 1915 - The Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland.

It has some cute pictures and passages!

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Very interesting collection. The photo must be from before 1901 because that's the site of the courthouse and it's not there.

[Architype]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Going through an old British geography book from 1915 - The Dominions of Canada and Newfoundland.

It has some cute pictures and passages!

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Note the huge jump in almost all western Canadian cities during this time. All except Victoria.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by Reesonov

Bankers Hall always reminds me of the World Financial Center buildings in New York:



In fact (and I'm too lazy to actually look it up to confirm) I think they may be designed by the same firm?

Different architect but same person managing the projects. WFC is a Pelli design built by Olympia and York. BH is Cohos Evamy, developed by Trizec. I went to high school with a girl who's father was the project manager on both, as well as Edmonton Centre, TD Square in Calgary in Calgary and BCE Place in Toronto. He had models of all four in his house.

[Beedok]

Originally Posted by king10

Wow Hamilton had an east end airport? Never knew that. I recognize Stelco and the QEW but can't recognize any of the inner city.

I'm not sure any of the inner city is present.
https://goo.gl/maps/m8GRw -here's the general area (if the link worked)

[Architype]

Vancouver, English Bay 1965

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[Frankr]

Wow This is so beautiful Does anybody know if there is a museum whit all these old pictures ??

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Architype

Vancouver, English Bay 1965

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Nice find.

[MTLskyline]

Montreal 1964 Panorama by N. Syed, on Flickr

[Dylan Leblanc]

^ Nice find!

[MonkeyRonin]

Montreal's suburban trains in the 80s



19880922 07 CN Val Royal, PQ by davidwilson1949, on Flickr


19880922 05 CN Val Royal, PQ by davidwilson1949, on Flickr


19880921 09 CN Mt. Royal Station by davidwilson1949, on Flickr


19880922 01 CN Val Royal, PQ by davidwilson1949, on Flickr


19880922 04 CN Val Royal, PQ by davidwilson1949, on Flickr


19880921 20 CN Mt. Royal, PQ by davidwilson1949, on Flickr


19880921 14 CN Mont-Royal, PQ by davidwilson1949, on Flickr

[MTLskyline]

It's crazy seeing people crossing the tracks like that. Seems to me that this is forbidden at most stations nowadays.

On an interesting note, CN and CP still staff the AMT trains.

[Monolith]

[View of the Marine Building from a dock] by City of Vancouver Archives, on Flickr [ca. 1938]


[Train tracks and a reflection of the Marine Building in the water] by City of Vancouver Archives, on Flickr [ca. 1939]

[Monolith]

[Hastings Street in a snow storm] by City of Vancouver Archives, on Flickr [ca. 1937]


[A courthouse lion covered in snow] by City of Vancouver Archives, on Flickr [ca. 1937]

[Monolith]

[Looking west on Georgia Street from Granville Street on a rainy day] by City of Vancouver Archives, on Flickr [ca. 1930]

[Rico Rommheim]

^The two hotel vancouvers. Such a shame they tore down the second one, and also the Georgia medical building. That square would have been the nicest in the country, or on the same level as Place d'Armes. Really, I can't believe they tore down the second hotel vancouver.