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wow austin has changed alot since then
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Those Minneapolis pics are great. The older ones show a nice but fairly modest skyline, then one huge skyscraper shows up and changes the whole dynamic. After that several more follow suit and you end up with the great skyline it has today.
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lets hope so
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Great thread. The pics of Minneapolis remind me of Oklahoma City today with the one giant tower that seems out of scale with it's surroundings. edit: @fardeb, just read your post. I think you're right that's the evolution of a great skyline. With the boom and bust cycles in the energy sector I can see that happening.
The New York ones were great, imagining the time and how that would look to people who never saw skyscrapers before. That is Gotham. |
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^ I'm lovin' those old Michigan cities pics, thanks LMich
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Outstanding Michigan oldies. Flint looked wonderful back then.
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The evolution of Calgary's skyline
Circa 1900: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcnc/1/g/nc-51-9.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcnc/1/g/nc-51-9.jpg 1912: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc3/t/na-1530-2.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc3/t/na-1530-2.jpg 1914: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcnb/d/nb-16-357.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcnb/d/nb-16-357.jpg 1916: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc2/o/na-844-6.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc2/o/na-844-6.jpg Circa 1920s: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc7/w/na-4868-19.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc7/w/na-4868-19.jpg Circa 1930: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc4/z/na-2399-29.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc4/z/na-2399-29.jpg Circa 1940-45: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcp...pa-3538-35.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcp...pa-3538-35.jpg Circa 1950: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcp...pa-3637-17.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arcp...pa-3637-17.jpg 1964: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...864-466a-1.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...864-466a-1.jpg 1967: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...4-1164g-5a.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...4-1164g-5a.jpg 1972: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...2864-21093.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc1...2864-21093.jpg 1973: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc11/z/na-4476-979.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc11/z/na-4476-979.jpg 1975: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc11/z/na-4476-999.jpg http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc11/z/na-4476-999.jpg 1984: http://ww2.glenbow.org/dbimages/arc11/b/na-5654-90.jpg 2012 (by me) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/Untitled.jpg ~2016 (with Current proposals - by CtrlAltDel) http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4...skylinenor.jpg |
Agree - the best skyline of all time. Will never be matched. Sad in a way that the Lower Manhattan skyline is worse than it was 70 years ago.
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Found this awesome 1920's aerial of Cincinnati. Follow the link for the full size image.
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/...ps70dba7c9.jpg Source: http://cincinnativiews.net/images-4/...s%20Aerial.jpg |
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Chicago -1930s during the World Fair
Is it just me or does Chicago look bigger (more spread out, I should say) then than it does now? http://imageshack.us/a/img405/4780/3...re1x0y0sws.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...ND-4%5D38144_4 http://imageshack.us/a/img543/6140/1...e1x0y0swsh.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...-19701%5D19701 http://imageshack.us/a/img507/8233/3...re1x0y0sws.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...ND-1%5D38144_1 Modern view. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8...c76af6aa_b.jpg Chicago Skyline, Museum Campus, Grant Park by YoChicago1, on Flickr |
Sweet Bonus. I don't know why Wayne State would have photos of 1930s Miami, but they do.
http://imageshack.us/a/img10/7122/73...e1x0y0swsh.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...UND-2%5D7361_2 http://imageshack.us/a/img4/8128/734...1x0y0swshr.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...-X-7345%5D7345 http://imageshack.us/a/img443/9247/7...e1x0y0swsh.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...UND-1%5D7345_1 http://imageshack.us/a/img441/2937/7...e1x0y0swsh.jpg http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/imag...UND-7%5D7361_7 For modern day reference. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3242/3...3062b125_o.jpg Miami 2008 by Miami.FlyMe, on Flickr |
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yeah but are there any photos of minneapolis?
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