Canadian skylines of the past - Page 182

Coldrsx · #**3621** Posted **Mar 2, 2023, 6:57 AM**

Calgary - 1983

https://www.linkedin.com/company/burnco/...il_base%3Bf48slgoTR3%2Bz1i5HP47ZIA%3D%3D

TorontoDrew · #**3622** Posted **Mar 2, 2023, 1:54 PM**

Such an iconic structure. Though it's time for a new home for the Flames.

optimusREIM · #**3623** Posted **Mar 2, 2023, 3:22 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Such an iconic structure. Though it's time for a new home for the Flames.

True for both. The design is awesome. If the Flames had an alternate temporary space, it could be cool for the Saddledome to get the Climate Pledge Arena treatment: support the roof, dig everything out, go deeper and keep the iconic roofline while getting a more suitable facility for the 21st century.

People_talking · #**3624** Posted **Mar 2, 2023, 5:18 PM**

The roof is the main issue with the Saddledome, it’s rusting from the inside out and it’s deteriorating rather quickly. it’s has to be sealed every once and a while to slow its decay lol.

SignalHillHiker · #**3625** Posted **Mar 6, 2023, 10:46 AM**

someone123 · #**3626** Posted **Mar 11, 2023, 4:23 PM**

This website has "now and then" photos with sliders for many Canadian towns and cities: https://onthisspot.ca/

KnoxfordGuy · #**3627** Posted **Mar 11, 2023, 7:22 PM**

Toronto skyline in the mid 60s.

MonkeyRonin · #**3628** Posted **Mar 12, 2023, 12:34 AM**

Bit of Toronto in the 80s & 90s:

West Toronto Junction, Toronto, 1984 by Avard Woolaver, on Flickr

Dundas West and Mavety, Toronto, 1984 by Avard Woolaver, on Flickr

Dundas West Station, Toronto, 1985 by Avard Woolaver, on Flickr

Subway Entrance, Toronto, 1985 by Avard Woolaver, on Flickr

Yonge and Queen, Toronto, 1997 by Avard Woolaver, on Flickr

Safety Pays 1992 by Patrick, on Flickr

Feu vert 2001 by Patrick, on Flickr

Cliché 1997 by Patrick, on Flickr

Lueur 1991 by Patrick, on Flickr

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Martin Mtl · #**3629** Posted **Mar 12, 2023, 3:02 AM**

Montreal

Sun Life building construction

https://www.facebook.com/groups/534696499887678/user/100011510710093/

Place d'Armes (around 1900)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/534696499887678/user/541694855/

Aldred building construction

https://www.facebook.com/groups/534696499887678/user/1081699429/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/534696499887678/user/1081699429/

Red Light 1958

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MontrealPastandPresent

Architype · #**3630** Posted **Mar 12, 2023, 3:48 AM**

^ Great Montreal construction photos. It got me wondering, given the historic character of the city, if Montrealers have/had a tendency to complain about things being too tall, or too modern or ugly, like many other places?

Echoes · #**3631** Posted **Mar 31, 2023, 2:52 PM**

Saskatoon in the 1950s, prior to a major revitalization project in the 1960s that saw the removal of the CN downtown rail yards and the construction of Midtown Plaza, Centennial Auditorium, and Idylwyld Drive.

https://dtnyxe.ca/downtown-history/

More than 50 years later, Saskatoon is now pursuing its next transformative project on part of this former rail yard to build an arena and entertainment district.

Architype · #**3632** Posted **Apr 6, 2023, 2:47 PM**

Here is a blast from the past, showing St. John's & Newfoundland development in the late sixties. The second half from around 16:00 shows more of St. Johns's mid century modernist buildings (as they looked before they were ruined by bad renos).

Newfoundland Builds

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MolsonExport · #**3633** Posted **Apr 10, 2023, 2:39 PM**

oldtimetrains

wookie

craner · #**3634** Posted **Apr 14, 2023, 2:07 AM**

I thought there was a “Great Canadian Restoration” thread or something like that but if there is, I couldn’t find it - so I’m posting this here:

http://$1.6M renovation transforms Edmonton’s Canada Permanent Building - Construction Canada https://www.constructioncanada.net/1-6m-renovation-transforms-edmontons-canada-permanent-building-interior/?qnewsletter=20230412&en_click=1&utm_campaign=2023-04-12&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=news

cranes · #**3635** Posted **Apr 15, 2023, 6:45 PM**

Northdale Waterloo 1950s https://www.therecord.com/life/2018/06/2...ium-s-six-decades-began-with-a-gift.html (Northdale Waterloo 2023)

1 of 4 Albert Street runs right to left and Jefferson Avenue angles up from the bottom left corner. At bottom centre, levelling of the ground for Seagram Stadium has just started in this 1957 view. Willison Hall at right and the 1954 arts and sciences building at left were the main Waterloo College campus buildings. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES / KITCHENER STAFF GRMP

3 of 4 Within a couple of years of its 1957 construction, Seagram Stadium fits comfortably into the neighbourhood. Jefferson Avenue has become Seagram Drive and the main campus sprouts more buildings. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS AND RECREATION / KITCHENER STAFF GRMP