Canadian skylines of the past - Page 124

Architype · #**2461** Posted **Nov 18, 2017, 4:10 AM**

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Smoglines? Or was it just a very foggy day?

Lots of Volkswagens back then.

LeftCoaster · #**2462** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by kool maudit

I agree with Someone123, though. Cities should consider having width limits rather than height ones.

Or just be like Vancouver who has both!

And people wonder why real estate is so expensive out there

Franco401 · #**2463** Posted **Dec 1, 2017, 1:40 AM**

Fredericton, Early 60s

SignalHillHiker · #**2464** Posted **Dec 6, 2017, 11:07 AM**

A heartbreaking one. The intersection of Ayre's Cove, McBride's Hill and Water Street.

Today:

Back in the day (via FB):

GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**2465** Posted **Dec 7, 2017, 12:09 AM**

Wow, that's quite sad....

someone123 · #**2466** Posted **Dec 14, 2017, 1:28 AM**

I don't know the year (1880's?) but this is a picture taken on McNab's Island in Halifax harbour. You can see George's Island, the city, and the Citadel.

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someone123 · #**2467** Posted **Dec 14, 2017, 1:39 AM**

On the subject of stuff that's been torn down or generally made worse, I saw these two pictures on a blog:

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These are gates to a base along Gottingen Street in Halifax. Originally the gates lined up with the entrance to the Wellington Barracks, a complex with a few different buildings that enclosed a parade square. Sometime around WWII the barracks were partly torn down (at least one of the old buildings still remains) and replaced with a nondescript brick building that covered up the gate entrance.

The little plaques on the gates commemorate historical battles of the late 19th century, e.g. battles in the North-West Rebellion.

One of the original 1850's Wellington Barracks structures. This was a major garrison back in that era, a linchpin in the defence of a good chunk of the British Empire. The British forces didn't hand over these facilities to Canada until the 20th century.

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TorontoDrew · #**2468** Posted **Dec 14, 2017, 6:27 AM**

Nice finds. those canons in Halifax were huge!

SignalHillHiker · #**2469** Posted **Dec 15, 2017, 1:31 AM**

A couple from an emigrants guidebook prepared by the government of Great Britain for emigrants to Newfoundland.

A travel book from the 1920s. That first line broke my heart

1950s-80s

someone123 · #**2470** Posted **Dec 22, 2017, 4:13 AM**

Interesting map that shows where the walls around Halifax were built in the 1700's. They became obsolete as military technology improved and styles of fortifications changed.

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SteelTown · #**2471** Posted **Jan 22, 2018, 11:42 PM**

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1790

http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/...s.html?page=41

I'm searching through for old sketches, postcards, paintings or even photos if they exist of Canada in the 18th century. I'd love to see more from the Maritimes to Quebec. Anybody know a good place to find it?

11a2b3 · #**2472** Posted **Feb 7, 2018, 7:36 PM**

http://www.historynerd.ca/2018/02/04...diner-in-1979/

TorontoDrew · #**2473** Posted **Feb 7, 2018, 8:23 PM**

Source: https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca

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source:https://robertmoffatt115.files.wordpress.com

SKYSTHELIMIT · #**2474** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 6:28 AM**

^^^Just awesome shots of Toronto. What an amazingly transformative time for the skyline. Having that Miesian monolith go up in the 60s was the beginning of something special. How imposing it was for it’s time soon to be joined over the next several years by its skyscraper brethren.

That CN Tower shot is so cool as well. With out its main pod it looks like a smelters smokestack.

Thanks for sharing these

kool maudit · #**2475** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 12:24 PM**

I remember that chunky Royal York sign from being a kid in the '80s.

TorontoDrew · #**2476** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 2:50 PM**

Source for all: https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca

esquire · #**2477** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 2:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by SKYSTHELIMIT

^^^Just awesome shots of Toronto. What an amazingly transformative time for the skyline. Having that Miesian monolith go up in the 60s was the beginning of something special. How imposing it was for it’s time soon to be joined over the next several years by its skyscraper brethren.

I was thinking the same thing. It reminds me of the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey

Rico Rommheim · #**2478** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 2:56 PM**

The 2001 monolith is the first thing that popped in my mind too.

Seriously, only in Toronto would they let such an out-of-scale monolithic black tower rise up like this without facing a backlash from its residents / neighbours.

Still, the Toronto skyline circa 1967 remains my favourite. Now, all I see are a clump of identical towers. It doesn't look like a showpiece, it looks like a soulless monster.

TorontoDrew · #**2479** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 3:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Seriously, only in Toronto would they let such an out-of-scale monolithic black tower rise up like this without facing a backlash from its residents / neighbours.

Do you honestly think there was no backlash? Almost evey tower back then received a ton of backlash, including the CN Tower. Hell even RBC received backlash from the TD Centre.

Also thank god the TD was built, it set the stage for Toronto to become Canada's alpha city and economic leader.

craner · #**2480** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 4:01 PM**

Keep those old Toronto shots coming - I'm loving it!