Streetview Before and After - Page 3

Echoes · #41 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 6:08 PM**

This is the obvious one to share from Saskatoon:

2009: https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.12276...7i13312!8i6656

2021: https://www.google.ca/maps/@52.12274...7i16384!8i8192

PhilippeMtl · #42 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 6:22 PM**

Some Montreal before and after:

Centre Bell Area
2009
https://goo.gl/maps/r6vkpHwYJkHaby656

2021
https://goo.gl/maps/Da3drZVBhKBpPqBN8

Griffintown

2011
https://goo.gl/maps/CvhU2evC2TLAP45LA
2021
https://goo.gl/maps/fYFz5cDNSn84gcU69

Bonaventure

2009
https://goo.gl/maps/muyCdWMqhpdZfQUcA

2021
https://goo.gl/maps/Fge6bJ24qZGDri5D7

Brossard
2011
https://goo.gl/maps/27QJj4Gb2EvRYSx99

2021
https://goo.gl/maps/qPVN4GdLMqHBGWnA7

MolsonExport · #43 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 6:23 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

That is densification Brantford style. Not my favourite place by any stretch.

Brantford is the major fail of this thread. utterly horrible

MolsonExport · #44 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 6:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gresto

He and your BowlOfAnuses do share a certain resemblance in self-satisfied gluttony. Lots of experience stepping onto and over others in the getting where one is going.

Indeed. I would add Eddy Savoie (the man behind Clockzilla and its spawn) to the unholy troika.

MolsonExport · #45 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 6:27 PM**

Coquitlam got things right by leveling SFH (many of which looked a bit like Surrey Crack dens) in a place where housing prices are stratospheric.

vanman · #46 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 7:02 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt602

Wow that first Coquitlam shot is pretty screwed up. They basically erased a neighborhood to replace it with condos.

Well it's not like the land was expropriated. Those homeowners made off with a windfall selling to developers for much higher than market value. And now it's a much more attractive neighbourhood with more families, greenery and parks.

vanman · #47 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 7:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Coquitlam got things right by leveling SFH (many of which looked a bit like Surrey Crack dens) in a place where housing prices are stratospheric.

They're leveling even more. I'm really impressed at how Coquitlam has been able to upzone neighbourhoods with little to no political backlash.

thomax · #48 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 7:53 PM**

Maybe not the prettiest developments, but the way Waterloo has replaced entire blocks of SFH in the last decade is so fascinating to me...

University Ave

2009 vs. 2021

Google Street View

Lester St

2011 vs. 2021

Google Street View

Columbia St W

2009 vs. 2021

Google Street View

Sunview St

2009 vs. 2020

Google Street View

Hemlock St

2009 vs. 2020

Google Street View

esquire · #49 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 8:15 PM**

^ That's crazy. I can't think of anything in Winnipeg that even remotely approaches that level of change.

rousseau · #50 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 8:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomax

Maybe not the prettiest developments, but the way Waterloo has replaced entire blocks of SFH in the last decade is so fascinating to me...

It's pretty ugly in close up, but taken as a whole it really is fascinating, and it totally works as a student ghetto. Thankfully it's superseding a bleak postwar suburban landscape that wasn't worth saving.

I do wish I'd been savvy enough to buy one of those ranch houses twenty years ago, though.

Proof Sheet · #51 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 9:33 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by rousseau

It's pretty ugly in close up, but taken as a whole it really is fascinating, and it totally works as a student ghetto. Thankfully it's superseding a bleak postwar suburban landscape that wasn't worth saving.

I do wish I'd been savvy enough to buy one of those ranch houses twenty years ago, though.

In the 80's I lived in one that is featured in the first image. I never imagined it would look like it does now.

Proof Sheet · #52 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 9:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomax

Maybe not the prettiest developments, but the way Waterloo has replaced entire blocks of SFH in the last decade is so fascinating to me...

University Ave

2009 vs. 2021

Google Street View

When I went to U of W in the 80's I lived in the house on the left with people on the driveway. I can't imagine it would look like it does although I have been back as recently as early 2020. In the 80's occasionally Mennonite buggies would go by.

Kilgore Trout · #53 Posted **Dec 24, 2021, 11:15 PM**

Compare the Coquitlam images with Waterloo. Similarly drastic changes, but in Coquitlam's case, the public realm has also been improved and made more urban, whereas in Waterloo you have the same shitty stroads and hydro poles as when it was suburban sprawl. Just with fewer trees.

itom 987 · #54 Posted **Dec 25, 2021, 6:48 AM**

Edmonton

Some changes in the west end of downtown.
Jasper Avenue West in 2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5409...!7i3328!8i1664

Jasper Avenue West in 2021
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5409...7i16384!8i8192

There are changes on the east end of downtown but it still has a long way to go.
Jasper Avenue East in 2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5436...!7i3328!8i1664

Jasper Avenue East in 2021
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5436...7i16384!8i8192

tkoe · #55 Posted **Dec 25, 2021, 7:28 AM**

Personally, I think this is one of my favourite Edmonton before/after changes:

108 Street and 99 Avenue in 2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5372...!7i3328!8i1664

108 Street and 99 Avenue in 2021
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5372...7i13312!8i6656

Bobert · #56 Posted **Dec 25, 2021, 7:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout

Compare the Coquitlam images with Waterloo. Similarly drastic changes, but in Coquitlam's case, the public realm has also been improved and made more urban, whereas in Waterloo you have the same shitty stroads and hydro poles as when it was suburban sprawl. Just with fewer trees.

No kidding, there is something very off-putting about that amount density with the same archaic road structure and public amenities.

You still see that in metro-vancouver redevelopments though. A lot of places in Burnaby, especially the metrotown area look like the above waterloo picture

itom 987 · #57 Posted **Dec 25, 2021, 7:55 AM**

Here is another big change for Edmonton in the former industrial wasteland north of downtown. 104 Ave. and 113 St.

2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5483...!7i3328!8i1664

2021
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5483...7i16384!8i8192

Here is another view just west of the location above.

2007
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5482...!7i3328!8i1664

2021
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5482...7i16384!8i8192

vanman · #58 Posted **Dec 25, 2021, 11:47 PM**

^Solid infill.

vanman · #59 Posted **Dec 26, 2021, 12:04 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobert

No kidding, there is something very off-putting about that amount density with the same archaic road structure and public amenities.

You still see that in metro-vancouver redevelopments though. A lot of places in Burnaby, especially the metrotown area look like the above waterloo picture

Where exactly? Can't find any examples of what you're talking about. Although the architecture may leave a lot to be desired redevelopment in Burnaby usually comes with vast improvements to the public realm. Street trees, widened sidewalks, bike lanes etc.

Some examples around Metrotown.

giallo · #60 Posted **Dec 26, 2021, 12:34 AM**

Fascinating thread.

Kelowna has seen a few changes since 2009

2009

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8903...7i13312!8i6656

2021

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8903...7i16384!8i8192

2009

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8939...7i13312!8i6656

2021

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8939...7i16384!8i8192

2009

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8642...7i13312!8i6656

2021

https://www.google.com/maps/@49.8643...7i13312!8i6656