Before/After Skyline Of Your City

[suburbanite]

A good Toronto shot came up today in the Canadian Skyline thread. Tried to find the most similar angle from 2000. Would be even better if it panned a bit further East and you see the growth up Yonge Street.

Then:


from:https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/com...yline_in_2000/

Now:


Toronto Skyline in Winter by tomflamy, on Flickr

[pwright1]

Downtown Los Angeles

2014


2018

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

A good Toronto shot came up today in the Canadian Skyline thread. Tried to find the most similar angle from 2000. Would be even better if it panned a bit further East and you see the growth up Yonge Street.

Then:


from:https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/com...yline_in_2000/

Now:


Toronto Skyline in Winter by tomflamy, on Flickr

The crazy thing is I remember being on SkyscraperPage back then and seeing the renderings of Toronto's skyline with all of those towers depicted on the lefthand side. Those renderings back then came true.

[suburbanite]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

The crazy thing is I remember being on SkyscraperPage back then and seeing the renderings of Toronto's skyline with all of those towers depicted on the lefthand side. Those renderings back then came true.

Users Koops and Steveve still make fantastic future models of the city incorporating all current proposals.

Maybe in another ten years it will look like this.


from:https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevev...11312/sizes/h/

[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by pwright1

Downtown Los Angeles

2014


2018

Los Angeles looks good!

[photoLith]

It needs a 1500 footer right smack in the middle of the skyline.

[JManc]

As far as I am concerned, the Library Tower (US Bank) is still LA's tallest. Wilshire Grand Center's flag pole is a total fail. Beautiful building though.

[Comrade]

Salt Lake City in 2008:


https://pixels.com/featured/salt-lak...ah-images.html

Salt Lake City in 2018:


https://kslnewsradio.com/wp-content/...39-620x370.jpg/

[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by JManc

As far as I am concerned, the Library Tower (US Bank) is still LA's tallest. Wilshire Grand Center's flag pole is a total fail. Beautiful building though.

I agree. I think the design of it is appropriate for a spire, but it's too tall for the building. A spire half that height would have looked better.

[10023]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

I agree. I think the design of it is appropriate for a spire, but it's too tall for the building. A spire half that height would have looked better.

Judging only by the photo above, the spire is the right height. One half the height would look stubby. But it shouldn’t count toward the height of the building.

[initiald]

Raleigh 1969


Raleigh 2019

[initiald]

Durham, NC late 80's/early 90's


Durham, NC 2019. The baseball stadium is where the giant parking lot was in the first photo.


Raleigh 2004 and 2018

[JAYNYC]

Originally Posted by JManc

As far as I am concerned, the Library Tower (US Bank) is still LA's tallest. Wilshire Grand Center's flag pole is a total fail. Beautiful building though.

I couldn't agree more. Whether in-person or in photos, I have never seen an angle that would convince me otherwise. And until something out of this world comes along, Library Tower will remain LA's most iconic tower, a la Empire State vs. Freedom Tower in NY.

[Citylover94]

Boston skyline around 1970



Boston Skyline 2019

[initiald]

Charlotte, 1985 and 2019.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by JAYNYC

I couldn't agree more. Whether in-person or in photos, I have never seen an angle that would convince me otherwise. And until something out of this world comes along, Library Tower will remain LA's most iconic tower, a la Empire State vs. Freedom Tower in NY.

Looking at the skyline from USC or from the west, the Wilshire Grand appears taller due to the spire.

[JAYNYC]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Looking at the skyline from USC or from the west, the Wilshire Grand appears taller due to the spire.

Perhaps it does to people who actually include the spire (flag pole?) in WG's height measurement.

[JAYNYC]

Originally Posted by initiald

Charlotte, 1985 and 2019.

And ^ this, ladies and gentlemen, is how a "before-and-after" shot is supposed to be done. Both photos captured years apart while standing in literally the exact same place.

[floor23]

Honolulu, Hawaii

Source: http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Hono...of-Oahus-Past/

Waikiki Beach



Mcully Area



King St. in Chinatown/Downtown



Waikiki and Ala Moana. Uncertain of the date for the old photo. Source: (Flickr Kamaaina56, though I found photo from different site)




Honolulu, Hawaii, Waikiki, Ala Moana Center, Hugh C. Leightons by Mémoire 2Cité, on Flickr

Pre-Ilikai Waikiki Birdseye c1962 by Kamaaina56, on Flickr

Waikiki Beach Aerial View c1963 by Kamaaina56, on Flickr

Honolulu now - tried to find similar viewpoints and failed.

Oahu Hawaii from Hawaiian Airlines Flight to Los Angeles by Anthony Quintano, on Flickr

DSC_9755 by E Shulepov, on Flickr[/CENTER]

Honolulu from the air by Roger Smith, on Flickr

Golden hour in Waikiki by Corey Rothwell, on Flickr

[10023]

Originally Posted by floor23

Waikiki and Ala Moana. Uncertain of the date for the old photo. Source: (Flickr Kamaaina56, though I found photo from different site)

Looks like it was actually quite nice then.