Canadian skylines of the past

[Chadillaccc]

Calgary - approx. 1914


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1924...


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[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Calgary - approx. 1914


http://savetheparkland.publishpath.com/


1924...


http://savetheparkland.publishpath.com/

Picture from same vantage ~2005:

from Google Maps

The chimney in the very bottom centre of 2005 is the right chimey of the duplex (bottom right) in the old photos. The Palliser Hotel, largest building in the older photos, is nearly hidden in 2005, between Petro Canada/Suncor (dark brown towers) and the Calgary Tower. 3 stories and the tower were added to the Palliser between the pics Chad posted, Wikipedia says that happened in 1929 which would change that photo's date.

[Chadillaccc]

Edmonton











Source: http://albertaventure.com/2014/06/cr...evitalization/

[SignalHillHiker]

AHH! Gorgeous. Love these!

[1overcosc]

Some from Kingston!

Downtown birds eye, 1919:


View from across the harbour, c.1875:


Clarence Street, 1905--this area looks almost exactly the same today (minus the horses of course)


The 'Welcome to Kingston' sign in 1955, before Highway 401 was built and Highway 2 was the way into the city.


Princess Street downtown, 1865--buildings in this shot look almost exactly the same today


Queen Street, c1910--the label says 'Princess Street' but that's incorrect


Funeral procession of Sir John A MacDonald, 1891:


Birds eye map of Kingston from the 1870s.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Kingston > dig it.

[Rico Rommheim]

Nice Kingston pics.

This one could be mistaken for Montreal.

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Some from Kingston!

Downtown birds eye, 1919:

[Darkoshvilli]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Nice Kingston pics.

This one could be mistaken for Montreal.

Only if you're unaware that Montreal was significantly larger than that by 1919.

[MolsonExport]

^indeed.

[Metro-One]

It is amazing how much Vancouver has changed, here it is in 1980.

Originally Posted by phesto

A few more from that period:



Vancouver False Creek, 1980's Al Ingram, City of Vancouver by vancouverbyte, on Flickr

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^What's that road in the foreground?

[Metro-One]

That is west 6th Ave and Charleson Road.

[SignalHillHiker]

When we used to compete as ourselves:



And two of the biggest mistakes the city ever allowed:

[SignalHillHiker]

A beautiful, big one of St. John's from the MUN Archives. 1880, supposedly - but I don't believe there were Mansard roofs in St. John's prior to the Great Fire of 1892. The church in the foreground is the old Cochrane Street United Church. It wasn't completed until 1883. I thought that meant the picture was taken between 1883-1892, but it turns out that church wasn't destroyed until a smaller fire in 1914. So the picture could, indeed, be post-1892. That said, the high percentage of non-Mansard roofs makes me believe that's impossible, since most of them in this part of the city were destroyed in 1892. So I really have no idea what the date of this photo is... perhaps just before 1892. But it's definitely not 1880.



And another of the West End at that time, before the Waterford River's tidal area was banked.

[FrAnKs]

Awsome. It was a copy paste of Europe

[SignalHillHiker]

I've got it! The picture is definitely from the period between 1883-1892.

There were indeed a number of homes with Mansard roofs in St. John's prior to the Great Fire of 1892, including the Rendell-Shea Home. It's the one directly in front of Cochrane Street Methodist Church in the first photo above, and here it is shortly after the Great Fire. It was the only home in the area that survived.



And, courtesy of Street View, here it is today:



And thanks, Franks!

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Is this still a skyline thread? Seems a bit hit or miss lately.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Dr Awesomesauce

Is this still a skyline thread? Seems a bit hit or miss lately.

Absolutely - but past skylines. That can be the recent past, quite recent for cities that have boomed such as Calgary and Toronto, or the more distant past, when skylines were largely limited to church spires.

Many forumers have also included with their posts interesting past photos that aren't exactly skylines, such as maps of Montreal, close-up Toronto street scenes, newspaper clippings, etc. Before/after comparisons are also very popular, with the after shots, obviously, not being from the past.

You're more than welcome to contribute.

[thmx]

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Birds eye map of Kingston from the 1870s.

Hamilton has a bird's eye view map just like that one...


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[Dr Awesomesauce]

Cheers for the lesson on what constitutes a skyline.

I'm still a bit confused, however. Is this a skyline?