Canadian skylines of the past

[Blader]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

Based on the cars at least the mid-50's.

Decent guess
Mine is circa 1950 - because of the 2 pane windshields, likely flat glass rather than curved, and because hoods on the 2 lead cars are raised. The lead car could be a 1950 Chrysler New Yorker. Most of the others that are semi-identifiable are much older.

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[Urbmtl]

McGill College / de Maisonneuve Street | Montreal | ~1980



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[SignalHillHiker]

Pieced together some footage from the archives. Most of it was taken near the beginning of WWI.

Gorgeous scenes... downtown, street cars, and seemingly quite racist parade, military celebrations, etc. I sped it up double speed to try to make it shorter, but it's still pretty long. Love it to bits, though.

And Duckworth hadn't been cobbled yet - you can see one of the old streetcars sprawing that water/oil mix intended to keep the dust down.

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[Rico Rommheim]

Shocking to see that amount of blight steps away from the city's premier hotels, shopping centres and McGill U. Its amazing how run down downtown Montreal was until the 90's.

[kool maudit]

maisonneuve was a shitshow back then. the creation of both the street plus the green line didn't help.

[Trans Canada]

Calgary ~1978:


skyline, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - NK907 by Bob V, on Flickr

During the 1988 Olympics:


1988 skyline, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - NK595 by Bob V, on Flickr

~1989:


1984-88 Calgary, Edmonton by hinhchaduong, on Flickr

2001:


Calgary 2001 by Steve - P, on Flickr

[Govertical]

i like the glow in those older shots, never seen one of FAP that far into construction.

[Tropics]

Originally Posted by Blader

Decent guess
Mine is circa 1950 - because of the 2 pane windshields, likely flat glass rather than curved, and because hoods on the 2 lead cars are raised. The lead car could be a 1950 Chrysler New Yorker. Most of the others that are semi-identifiable are much older.

A bottle of Coke was also 7 cents.

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[craner]

Originally Posted by Trans Canada

Calgary ~1978:


skyline, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - NK907 by Bob V, on Flickr

This one is closer to 1980 I would say.
Great shots, thanks for posting.

[drawarc]

1968-69:


Source:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155425952660118&set=o.380334048732492&type=3&theater

[MolsonExport]

Montreal 1903, 1896

McCord museum

Montreal 1852

SpacingMontreal

[Devon]

Wow! Thank you for those.

[SignalHillHiker]

Wow, that second pic. I want to go to there.

[SignalHillHiker]

In the 1950s, automobile ownership in Newfoundland was increasing by more than 100% annually.

And, as we had just joined the federation, suddenly our domestic brands (all of which were made in the U.K., often by North American subsidiaries) were replaced with cars designed to be driven on the right side of the road.

The most popular brands here - namely Vauxhall - were replaced with North American brands, almost all of them manufactured in Canada.

The brands competed to make a splash and claim the new market.

Buick went in hardest:

[franktko]

Mid 60s



Even though the Place Bonaventure under construction does not have the height, it's a pretty darn big building.

The Place Bonaventure concept took on huge proportions as the plans evolved, with the final version determined in October 1965. Construction took slightly more than two years, and ended in 1967. In its final form, the complex reached the staggering size of 3.1 million square feet, exceeding the Empire State Building and becoming the world’s largest building at the time.

http://placebonaventure.com/en/about-us/history/

[Prometheus]

From Vancouver Public Library Historical Photographs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99915476@N04/sets/72157636305761336



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[csbvan]

Fantastic set of the Neon City! Great to see some shots of the old Vaudeville districts.

[Rico Rommheim]

Some serious shots of Vancouver here.