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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
The sixties were peak "let's demolish everything and rebuild on a blank slate".
I can't embed this picture because Flickr, but here's a link to an image from Winnipeg's 1969 "rebuild everything" plan. Some of it was actually built, like the Convention Centre and the block immediately to the right of it (configured differently, but same idea).
The sixties were peak "let's demolish everything and rebuild on a blank slate".
I can't embed this picture because Flickr, but here's a link to an image from Winnipeg's 1969 "rebuild everything" plan. Some of it was actually built, like the Convention Centre and the block immediately to the right of it (configured differently, but same idea).
That area is now like 50% surface parking and I'm pretty confident 0 heritage buildings. Seems they went with the "demolish everything" and forgot the "rebuild" part of the equation.
Thank you... how do you do that? So many times I wanted to embed flickr images but gave up because I couldn't figure out how.
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That area is now like 50% surface parking and I'm pretty confident 0 heritage buildings. Seems they went with the "demolish everything" and forgot the "rebuild" part of the equation.
Thank you... how do you do that? So many times I wanted to embed flickr images but gave up because I couldn't figure out how.
-click on the image
-on the Bottom right of it, there should be three icons to choose. The star (fave), the share (Arrow) and the download.
-select the the share Arrow.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
Nice finds. I enjoy seeing life as it was in some of the smaller Canadian cities.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
Bleury at Ste. Catherine, Montreal, 1921
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St. Laurent at Ste. Catherine, Montreal, 1921
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
St. James Street skyline, 1913, Montreal
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
Those pictures really convey what an absolutely exhilarating time the 60s and 70s must have been in Montreal. So much happening on every front... the built environment, socially, politically, culturally. Montreal circa 1958 vs. 1978 must have been almost like two different worlds.
I read somewhere that in 1964 (or was it 1966?), Montreal was briefly considered #3 in the world skyscraper rankings.
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The village people on tour in Montreal
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. (Bertrand Russell)
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