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Old Posted Apr 25, 2007, 10:33 PM
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Here's my favorite in Edinburgh...

St Andrews House in the Art Deco Style, built in 1939
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Other than Ryounkaku, these are probably the closest Tokyo or Japan has to a pre 1960s highrise:
Marunouchi Building (1923) eventually demolished in 1999 because of lessened resistance to earthquakes.


Shin-Marunouchi Building (1952) partner to the Marunouchi Building, demolished in 2005.
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^ those really remind me of Washington, D.C.

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Warsaw's First skyscraper is the Hotel Warszawa, originally built as offices for the Prudential Insurance Company in 1933. It survived the war and was retro-fitted with some more socio-realistic decorations.

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During the war:


Now:
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the saddest thing of all, is that you can see how well ahead of most countries Brazil was back in the 30s, 40s (when it came to hirises construction)
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Old Posted Jul 25, 2007, 11:32 PM
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A few in Hamilton, Ontario

Pigott Building 1929:


Connaught Corporate Centre, 1931:


Professional Arts Building (not sure when it was built, but it's visible in old photos of Hamilton):


Royal Connaught Hotel, 1920's:


Not skyscrapers but...
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Terminal (1933), art moderne style:


Medical Arts Building:


Some other building in Hamilton:
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Quebec City ( Canada ):

Price Bros. Building




Chateau Frontenac (Castle)





Montreal (Canada)

Windsor Station


Architects Building




Bell Telephone Building





New Birks Bldg


Montreal`s oldest:


Sovereign bank


Duluth Bldg


Sauvegarde


Unity Bldg


Wilder Building


Royal Bank of Canada




Royal Dutch/Shell Headquarters


Aldred Building




SunLife Insurance Headquarters

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Shanghai Mansion Hotel, 1934

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Vancouver...

Dominion Building (53m/175ft - 1906 - Vancouver's first steel frame high-rise - tallest building in the British Empire upon completion)





Sun Tower (82m/270ft - 1912 - tallest building in the British Empire upon completion - overtook the Dominion Building):







Marine Building (97.8m/321ft - 1930 - tallest building in city until 1939)























BC Electric Building (89m/293ft - 1957 - now 'The Electra')



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^ we need to see more of Shanghai's art deco gems...there was a great site i saw a few weeks ago, but couldn't find it today.

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Shanghai has one of the largest collections of art deco buildings in the world, possibly the largest - most of it is lowrise buildings and private villas though - still a fair share of it is highrises.

A lot of old school pics at this site: http://virtualshanghai.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/
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^ Shanghai's old school collection is definitely underrated. stupid Depression/WWII putting an end to that boom...

how about the other old Asian colonial cities? African cities? Beirut?

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Early 20th century Shanghai - it looks very similar today (albeit with tall skyscrapers lurking behind);

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^wow, that looks absolutely beautiful

here's one of Bucharest during the 1930s

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That photo of Shanghai is phenomenal.
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1. where's that Shanghai painting done? it looks like it's in a subway station. most of those are still standing, right? what's that tall tower in the background?

2. Bucharest looks great...no wonder why it's called Paris of the east.

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