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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
In so many respects density > skyscrapers.
There, I have said it. I am sick of the glassification of downtown Canada.
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I just wonder what will happen to Toronto if downtown doesn't come back post-Covid. The glass residential towers seem to have more in common with a pyramid scheme than with a response to any genuine demand for 437 square foot residences. Perhaps in 5-10 years we'll be seeing some of them used for university residences or social housing (reminds me of how the SARS tourism slump led to the Colony Hotel becoming U of T housing, but on a grander scale).
Hmm... I see this is actually supposed to be about "skylines of the past". Did I ever post my 1928 Winnipeg aerial shot to which I added "labels"? I did this in 2007 which must have been the peak of my industriousness. The buildings named in italics have (or had by then) been demolished. At the time there were three buildings with the same occupant as in 1928: as of just recently that is down to two with the Bank of Montreal leaving its Portage & Main building. Scott-Bathgate is still at 149 Pioneer Av. (then called Notre Dame Av. East) and the Vendome Hotel at 308 Fort St. is still the Vendome Hotel.
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Winnipeg Buildings 1928 (Main) by
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