old school (pre-WWII or old style pre-1960) highrises/skyscrapers outside the U.S. - Page 3

zoeninho · #41 Posted **Sep 1, 2006, 9:06 PM**

mexico city 1955

zoeninho · #42 Posted **Sep 1, 2006, 9:20 PM**

mexico city 40's and 50's

LSyd · #43 Posted **Sep 29, 2006, 1:18 PM**

thanks everyone for posting.

Toronto Beard Building - 1894, 7 stories

"White House" - Rotterdam, 13 stories, it survived WWII

Warsaw - PAST telephone building, 9 floors, 51 meters, 1906-1908, another WWII survivor

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Mister F · #44 Posted **Sep 29, 2006, 2:51 PM**

Isn't the tower part of the Whitney Block now empty? Something about not meeting the Fire Code?

More shots of Commerce Court North (first one's mine):

now dwarfed by its neighbours

tradlak · #45 Posted **Sep 29, 2006, 3:48 PM**

Now those were buildings. I'm starting to hate these boxy glass curtain wall buildings. Those big brooding masonry hulks with all their detailing and terracotta were like cathedrals.

GNU · #46 Posted **Oct 4, 2006, 2:08 PM**

nice thread.
I think there are too many buildings to be mentioned for Berlin alone.

This is one exmple though since its close to my house:
This used to be the Karstadt shopping mall that was built in 1929 and it survived the countless bombing raids and the Soviet artillery fire.
yet during the Battle of Berlin it was blown up by retreating SS-units.
the building used to be 71m high, had 9 levels and 72.000 square meters for shopping.
It also had its own underground station which still exists today.
It was fitted with atleast 2 automatic escalators per floor and many lifts.
and all floors were fitted with water sprinkler systems in case a fire would break out.

It wasnt the biggest pre-war shopping centre in Berlin though.
Ill post some more later.

Karstadt Department Store / South-Berlin 1929

the Underground station:

the station survived the war:

nowadays it looks like this:

LSyd · #47 Posted **Dec 7, 2006, 2:44 PM**

^ wow...thanks for posting that beautiful building. that's sad most of it's gone. they should restore the towers.

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R.T. · #48 Posted **Dec 7, 2006, 3:30 PM**

Gratte-ciel de villeurbanne

Halle Tony Garnier à Lyon (France)

grollo · #49 Posted **Dec 13, 2006, 12:37 PM**

Collins Street, Melbourne 1889:

Collins Street, Melbourne in 1930:

Flinders Lane, Melbourne 1930:

Queen Street, Melbourne 1930:

LSyd · #50 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 2:13 PM**

wow, Melbourne looks awesome.

these are awesome, too.

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909 · #51 Posted **Feb 19, 2007, 4:00 PM**

Some old European skyscrapers:

1955: Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw (Poland)

Height (struct.) 231 m / 757 ft
Floors (OG) 43

On July 22, 1955 the completed Palace of Culture and Science was officially handed over to Polish society at large as a "gift" from Soviet nation in the name of Joseph Stalin.

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1957: Torre de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)

Height (struct.) 142 m / 466 ft
Floors (OG) 37

1953: Edificio España, Madrid (Spain)

Height (struct.) 117 m / 384 ft
Floors (OG) 26

1958: Pirelli Building, Milan (Italy)

Height (struct.) 127 m / 417 ft
Floors (OG) 32

On April 18th, 2002 a small plane hit the skyscraper, setting the 24th and 25th floors of the 32-story building on fire.

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1954: Torre Breda, Milan (Italy)

Height (struct.) 117 m / 384 ft
Floors (OG) 30

1959: Torre Galfa, Milan (Italy)

Height (struct.) 109 m / 358 ft
Floors (OG) 28

1958: Torre Velasca, Milan (Italy)

Height (struct.) 106 m / 348 ft
Floors (OG) 26

1940: Torre Piacentini, Genoa (Italy)

Height (struct.) 108 m / 354 ft
Floors (OG) 31

1933: Torre Littoria, Turin (Italy)

Height (struct.) 109 m / 356 ft
Floors (OG) 21

1957: BASF Hochhaus E 100, Ludwigshafen (Germany)

Height (struct.) 102 m / 335 ft
Floors (OG) 22

1952: Tour Perret, Amiens (France)

Height (struct.) 110 m / 361 ft
Floors (OG) 27

1932: Boerentoren, Antwerp (Belgium)

Height (struct.) 96 m / 314 ft
Floors (OG) 26

1955: Academy of Science, Riga (Latvia)

Height (struct.) 108 m / 353 ft
Floors (OG) 21

LSyd · #52 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 8:22 PM**

^ great post, thanks.

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plinko · #53 Posted **Apr 6, 2007, 9:02 PM**

Shanghai has a bunch (from the Bund to People's Square). I just don't know their names! (help?)

cur_sed · #54 Posted **Apr 7, 2007, 2:03 PM**

The one in the last pic is the Broadway mansions, the one with the green roof is the Peace Hotel, The dark coloured one in the 2nd last pic is the Park Hotel (Built in 1934, Shanghai's tallest until the 1980s), and the Soviet looking one in the 5th last pic is the Shanghai Exhibition Centre.

Trantor · #55 Posted **Apr 23, 2007, 1:56 AM**

Rio de Janeiro

Império, 1926

Odeon, 1926

Floriano, 1923

Fontes, 1925

Jornal da Noite, 1928

Regina, 1935

Francisco Serrador, 1936

Central do Brasil Railway Station (30s)

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Belo Horizonte

Mariana (30s)

Santa Casa (1941)

Acaiaca (1943)

Sulacap Sudameris (30s)

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Porto Alegre

This one is from the 40s...

And also this one

and this one

and this

there must be other ones in Porto Alegre, since the city had already quite a few highrises in the 40s /50s

this pic for example, is from the 30s, and there is a highrise in the background

from 1940

50s

Trantor · #56 Posted **Apr 23, 2007, 4:11 AM**

São Paulo is also full of these buildings...

the Banespa Tower is from 1947... as far as I know, it was the tallest building outside US when built... 160 meters... but maybe those Toronto towers are higher.
In this pic, you can see some art-deco highrises from the 40s, 50s

Martinelli (1928)

Othon Palace Hotel (in the left of the pic, background)

City Hall

between the leftmost glass highrise and the other glass highrise, you can see a very old building, which is from 1924 and is São Paulo´s oldest highrise, Sampaio Moreira

Trantor · #57 Posted **Apr 23, 2007, 4:13 AM**

better pic of Palacio Salvo, in Montevideo, from 1926

Trantor · #58 Posted **Apr 24, 2007, 12:01 PM**

other ones in São Paulo

Santa Isabel

Bourbon Hotel

São Luiz

Severo e Villas (left) and Altino Arantes (right)

Henrique Cunha Bueno

Savoy

Erasmo de Assunção (now completely graffited!)

Rolim 1928

Banco de São Paulo 1938

Saldanha Marinho, 1933

insanenuyawka · #59 Posted **Apr 25, 2007, 2:46 AM**

I really wish they'd refurbish those Brazilian gems. They have potential.

DizzyEdge · #60 Posted **Apr 25, 2007, 7:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBinCalgary

its a damn shame we dont have those old buildings anymore! the herald building was an absolute gem, and i dont know what piece of trash is on top of it now

This: