Canadian skylines of the past - Page 96

HomeInMyShoes · #**1901** Posted **Dec 18, 2015, 6:29 PM**

Thanks for the pics and the videos. I'm in heaven.

Dr Awesomesauce · #**1902** Posted **Dec 19, 2015, 2:08 AM**

That copper is one tough SOB. Seems cops don't want to walk the beat anymore. Perhaps I'm naive but I think it matters...

#**1903** Posted **Dec 27, 2015, 4:29 AM**

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Prometheus · #**1904** Posted **Dec 29, 2015, 2:03 AM**

Vancouver c.1947 by dianp, on Flickr

craner · #**1905** Posted **Dec 29, 2015, 5:26 AM**

Love those Van shots - especially the first one, Hotel Vancouver looks absolutely massive!

Rico Rommheim · #**1906** Posted **Dec 29, 2015, 8:07 AM**

Vancouver probably had the country's 2nd biggest skyline even back then!

hipster duck · #**1907** Posted **Dec 29, 2015, 8:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Vancouver probably had the country's 2nd biggest skyline even back then!

Are you thinking that the pre-war skyline rankings went:

1. Toronto
2. Vancouver?

or

1. Montreal
2. Vancouver?

In any case, I think both Toronto and Montreal would have been much more substantial (skyline-wise, but also anything-else-wise) than Vancouver. Vancouver's skyline would have consisted of what you see in that picture plus a few 10 storey gems further east like the Sun Tower and the Dominion Building.

That said, Vancouver was definitely third place if you count skyscraper-based skylines*. Winnipeg made the pre-war LA "mistake" of building many 10-12 storey Beaux arts buildings, but few standout (by height) landmarks.

*Ottawa and Quebec City had interesting non-skyscraper skylines back then.

Prometheus · #**1908** Posted **Dec 29, 2015, 11:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

In any case, I think both Toronto and Montreal would have been much more substantial (skyline-wise, but also anything-else-wise) than Vancouver. Vancouver's skyline would have consisted of what you see in that picture plus a few 10 storey gems further east like the Sun Tower and the Dominion Building.

That said, Vancouver was definitely third place if you count skyscraper-based skylines*.

Well, if we are talking about the "pre-war" era, and if we are talking about individual commercial skyscraper heights, then the much-younger and much-smaller Vancouver was actually number one in Canada on a couple of occasions during the early 20th centrury. And by the time the pre-war era ended, Toronto and Montreal had combined to build just four commercial skyscrapers taller than what Vancouver had built.

SignalHillHiker · #**1909** Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 2:11 AM**

A higher quality picture of the Central Slum via Vintage St. John's. It, with a population density 3x that of London, was bulldozed in the 1950s as the difference between the city's classes flattened upon entry into Canada. Most of these homes had no electricity, running water, or indoor toilets.

And back when St. John's was aware of its rivers. Picture is from the West End. The Waterford River, one of many hundreds of things in St. John's named for the city of Waterford, Ireland, from which the majority of Townies' ancestors came. These days, the rivers are all walled, many of them completely buried under parking lots and streets.

Beedok · #**1910** Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 3:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

Are you thinking that the pre-war skyline rankings went:

1. Toronto
2. Vancouver?

or

1. Montreal
2. Vancouver?

In any case, I think both Toronto and Montreal would have been much more substantial (skyline-wise, but also anything-else-wise) than Vancouver. Vancouver's skyline would have consisted of what you see in that picture plus a few 10 storey gems further east like the Sun Tower and the Dominion Building.

That said, Vancouver was definitely third place if you count skyscraper-based skylines*. Winnipeg made the pre-war LA "mistake" of building many 10-12 storey Beaux arts buildings, but few standout (by height) landmarks.

*Ottawa and Quebec City had interesting non-skyscraper skylines back then.

Surely Winnipeg was in the running at times?

esquire · #**1911** Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 5:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

Surely Winnipeg was in the running at times?

I'm guessing that in the 30s, Winnipeg would have been in a 3 way dogfight for 4th place with Quebec and Ottawa.

ssiguy · #**1912** Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 5:39 AM**

All of our cities have wonderful old buildings. Winnipeg doesn't seem to have had as many taller buildings as some other cities but due to slow growth it also didn't witness as much devastation of it's inner city historic buildings and neighbourhoods.

Black Star · #**1913** Posted **Dec 30, 2015, 7:24 AM**

Central Slum via Vintage St. John's......Wow!

MonkeyRonin · #**1914** Posted **Dec 31, 2015, 3:15 PM**

• Video Link

kwoldtimer · #**1915** Posted **Dec 31, 2015, 5:04 PM**

Late 1940s? Early 1950s?

MonkeyRonin · #**1916** Posted **Dec 31, 2015, 8:55 PM**

Note the title

It was filmed during World War II.

kwoldtimer · #**1917** Posted **Dec 31, 2015, 9:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Note the title

It was filmed during World War II.

It pays to read titles!

Beedok · #**1918** Posted **Dec 31, 2015, 11:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

All of our cities have wonderful old buildings. Winnipeg doesn't seem to have had as many taller buildings as some other cities but due to slow growth it also didn't witness as much devastation of it's inner city historic buildings and neighbourhoods.

It just seemed to have a lot of fairly tall historic buildings. I mean not skyscrapers, but the exchange seemed to have lots of 8-10 floor things going on.

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someone123 · #**1920** Posted **Jan 2, 2016, 6:16 AM**

The early 1900's view of Hamilton above looks great.

Here's King Street, Saint John in 1977:

Source

It looks pretty similar today.