Canadian skylines of the past - Page 134

Chadillaccc · #**2661** Posted **Jan 21, 2019, 10:52 PM**

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/b...FUst0EEbehcbCmcZ0nExNzX7Z5RVCoSDmt5a3OII

J.OT13 · #**2662** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 9:25 PM**

Ottawa 1925.

https://www.facebook.com/LostOttawa/photos/a.380380215394542/2108044539294759/?type=3&theater

Martin Mtl · #**2663** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 9:33 PM**

/\ Very nice Calgary and Ottawa finds!

What would be the year for Calgary ?

Pavlov · #**2664** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 9:36 PM**

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/\ Very nice Calgary and Ottawa finds!

What would be the year for Calgary ?

Calgary shot is from summer of 1953 (according to the accompanying CBC article).

Pavlov · #**2665** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 9:37 PM**

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Ottawa 1925.

https://www.facebook.com/LostOttawa/photos/a.380380215394542/2108044539294759/?type=3&theater

Parliament Hill + the grey skies gives such a gothic atmosphere to this photo. About as Kafka-esque as Canada gets.

KnoxfordGuy · #**2666** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 11:35 PM**

It's going to be long time before Parliament Hill looks like that again. It's been under some sort of restoration for years amd will continue to be for years to come.

Dr Awesomesauce · #**2667** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 2:40 AM**

Love that photo of Ottawa. The rail yard and the prison stand out...and just a stone's throw from the university - very handy.

Laceoflight · #**2668** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 5:44 AM**

Québec, 1890, by William Notman & Son

Vue de Québec depuis l'Université Laval, QC, vers 1890 by Wm. Notman & Son, on http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca

EspionNoir · #**2669** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 5:44 AM**

These shots are so nostalgic they actually make me sad

Laceoflight · #**2670** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 5:51 AM**

Calgary, 1889 by William Hanson Boorne

Vue de Calgary, Alb., 1889 by William Hanson Boorne, on http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca

Martin Mtl · #**2671** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 1:21 PM**

Amazing QC pictures.

MolsonExport · #**2672** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 3:03 PM**

1920. Montreal. St. James Street

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1964. Montreal. Viger Square. Metro under construction.

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1930. Downtown Montreal.

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1930. Montreal. Above Windsor Station.

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1960. Montreal Forum, before overhaul.

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Montreal, during the wooty construction period of 1992 (adding two tallest).

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^awful parking lots in the foreground are on recently decommissioned railway platforms.

Montreal, early 70s. Place Desjardins under construction.

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Montreal, 1960. PVM under construction.

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Montreal, 1961. PVM under construction.

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MolsonExport · #**2673** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 3:16 PM**

QC 1960.

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le calmar · #**2674** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 4:50 PM**

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Montreal, during the wooty construction period of 1992 (adding two tallest).

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^awful parking lots in the foreground are on recently decommissioned railway platforms.

Griffintown has come a long way since then. It's hard a to believe there was a huge wasteland abutting the downtown core back then.

Black Star · #**2675** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 5:22 PM**

Cool shot of Ottawa circa 1960. I've never been there..the topography of Ottawa is something.

Laceoflight · #**2676** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 6:17 PM**

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1920. Montreal. St. James Street

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Great pictures ! I think you would like this Instagram page : Propos Montreal, if you don't already know it.

MolsonExport · #**2677** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 6:21 PM**

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Great pictures ! I think you would like this Instagram page : Propos Montreal, if you don't already know it.

this is a fantastic page.

TorontoDrew · #**2678** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 7:45 PM**

I never realized that Le 1000 de la Gauchetière was built at the same time as 1250 René-Lévesque. For some reason I thought it was at least a decade older.

1861 source: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca

Yonge Street looking north from north of Asquith Avenue (then called Jarvis Street). Current location of the Toronto Reference Library.

TorontoDrew · #**2679** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 8:12 PM**

Toronto Harbour looking north west, showing waterfront between York & Simcoe Sts.Old Union Station in the background. 1896

source: https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca

Pavlov · #**2680** Posted **Jan 30, 2019, 9:34 PM**

The difference between those ~1890 photos of Quebec City and Calgary (the proverbial two horse town at that time) is stunning. A lot can change in ~125 years.