Canadian skylines of the past - Page 87

csbvan · #**1721** Posted **Jun 17, 2015, 3:55 AM**

http://vancouverisawesome.com/page/2/

Vancouver in 1947. Hastings Street during the PNE opening day parade.

drawarc · #**1722** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 8:54 PM**

Rideau St. at Sussex ca. 1938 by Ross Dunn - now more than 4 million views!, on Flickr

hipster duck · #**1723** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by csbvan

http://vancouverisawesome.com/page/2/

Vancouver in 1947. Hastings Street during the PNE opening day parade.

Great shot. It shows that Vancouver was much more substantial back then than a lot of people give it credit for.

hipster duck · #**1724** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by drawarc

Rideau St. at Sussex ca. 1938 by Ross Dunn - now more than 4 million views!, on Flickr

Also, this shot shows just how much of a mistake it was to build the skybridge across Rideau.

It's not quite like an elevated freeway, but it really cleaves Rideau street - which looks to have been very metropolitan and vibrant all the way through - into the showpiece avenue near the Chateau Laurier/War Memorial versus the stretch where burnouts spit on the sidewalk and wait for the bus.

#**1725** Posted **Jun 20, 2015, 9:34 PM**

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Daveography · #**1726** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 4:33 PM**

^ Awesome!

Hamilton, never let anything happen to your city hall. It's such a beautiful piece of modernism.

esquire · #**1727** Posted **Jun 21, 2015, 7:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Daveography

^ Awesome!

Hamilton, never let anything happen to your city hall. It's such a beautiful piece of modernism.

I agree, it's exceptional.

drawarc · #**1728** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

Also, this shot shows just how much of a mistake it was to build the skybridge across Rideau.

It's not quite like an elevated freeway, but it really cleaves Rideau street - which looks to have been very metropolitan and vibrant all the way through - into the showpiece avenue near the Chateau Laurier/War Memorial versus the stretch where burnouts spit on the sidewalk and wait for the bus.

Agreed. When part of the road was converted into a bus mall(as part of the Rideau Centre development), it almost killed that section of the street.

Here's some historic street level pics:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=883399215004053&set=o.380334048732492&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/LostOttawa/phot...1973242./862565600509332/?type=3&theater

Rideau St early 1970's by Ross Dunn - now more than 4 million views!, on Flickr

TorontoDrew · #**1729** Posted **Jun 23, 2015, 10:07 PM**

1950 Subway construction. I think the negative was flipped when this was processed. And yes these buildings are still there.

Source: Toronto City Archives

SignalHillHiker · #**1730** Posted **Jun 24, 2015, 10:29 PM**

Everything from Vintage St. John's.

— theatre on Henry Street back in 1977.

Undated.

The edge of the city in 1942:

Everything outside of that is suburban to varying degrees, mostly the worst degree:

Beedok · #**1731** Posted **Jul 21, 2015, 11:07 PM**

So, I've heard folks say that the 1.2 mills had better skylines when they were in the 750-800k range than the current trio and was wondering if we could get a comparison of all of Canada's cities over a million when they were in that range. For Montreal that would be some time in the 1920s, the 30s for Toronto, ~1960 for Vancouver, and I think the 90s for the last three?