Canadian skylines of the past

[Coldrsx]

~1988/89 or so as Commerce Place is U/C

https://twitter.com/onetermnotley/st...43948120788992

[J.OT13]

Look at all those parking lots. Many North American cities slaughtered their downtowns by demolishing blocks and blocks of housing, fine grained retail fronts, and main streets for parking and highways. Only a very rare few resisted the temptation and are the better for it today.

[Coldrsx]

Indeed and thankfully many of those are now filled, but Edmonton lost a ton of character buildings. The economy was SO bad in the early 80s that it was better to demolish and pay taxes on a vacant lot than to do the same on an assessed building.

[Rico Rommheim]

1930's

Martin https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/carte-t...pement/1301/17

1863


1962


1991

[Masoliantekw]

Nice pictures of Montréal!

I found some old aerial pictures of Québec today, on Facebook.
They are quite large... I couldn't choose their size.


Le quartier St-Roch en 1952 par Pierre Messier (ou Alamy? ), sur le groupe La ville de Québec ,telle qu'ils l'ont vécue, Facebook


Photo aérienne à partir du quartier St-Roch vers la haute-ville en 1952 par Pierre Messier, sur le groupe La ville de Québec ,telle qu'ils l'ont vécue, Facebook

[Rico Rommheim]

Montreal skyline, 1870.

Montréal, vers 1870. Chemin de glace. by Philippe Du Berger, on Flickr


https://diginit.sites.olt.ubc.ca/fil...l-1024x660.jpg

1900

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...circa_1900.jpg

1905

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D583M2/mon...905-D583M2.jpg

1950


Montreal-North 1978


1916

https://i.etsystatic.com/22110187/r/...80874_giw9.jpg

1967


1976

https://live.staticflickr.com/7035/6...6c247724_b.jpg

[Tone]

Les Ateliers Saint-Louis et le Cégep de Rimouski circa 1920

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle...ne-ville-cisss

[J.OT13]

Ottawa-Gatineau skyline, from the NCC's Twitter.

Estimating these to be around 2008.

[Coldrsx]

Edmonton - late 70s.

[Coldrsx]

Downtown and area 1930

[Rico Rommheim]

Quebec City, 1910

















Photo : BAnQ Québec / Literary and Historical Society of Quebec / P450D1-036

[J.OT13]

Chateau Frontenac looks odd without its centre tower. Reminds me of Chateau Viger in Montreal.

[TorontoDrew]

This is giving me WW2 POW camp vibes.

[niwell]

It’s wild what MTL was building in the 60s/70s compared to other North American cities. Low-rise rental housing is ingrained in the city’s bones.

[Coldrsx]

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/op...-on-rail-lands

[Biff]

That Winnipeg shot would be 1968 or 1969.

Can't see the Northstar Inn yet - started in 68 (Radisson) and the Richardson Bldg seems to just be finishing construction (opened in 69).

[J.OT13]

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[SignalHillHiker]

Via FB. Duckworth Street in 1969

[thewave46]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Via FB. Duckworth Street in 1969

Watch out Colonel Sanders. Mary Brown is coming for you and she takes no prisoners.

[niwell]

^Oh wow - I actually just got back from a big St. John's friend trip and recognized that instantly. Bannerman Brewing is right there just out of view on the right, which became kind of a staging base for us as we stayed nearby on Forest Rd. Definitely has some different vibes now!

I would have messaged SHH if the trip wasn't so hectic with friend stuff (big 40th birthday group trip), but rest assured I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I can definitely get why people are so attached to the place now. We had some delicious fancy meals but my favourite places were probably the Ship and Duke of Duckworth, both of which I could see myself hanging out at on a Saturday afternoon having a pint at the bar.