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Old Posted Oct 23, 2014, 5:22 PM
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Philadelphia

1976 - Bicentennial Postcard:

[IMG]Central Philadelphia skyline postcard by Smaddy, on Flickr[/IMG]

Fall 2008:

[IMG]Philadelphia skyline by R'lyeh Imaging, on Flickr[/IMG]

...and will be drastically altered in just a few more years.
I'm pretty sure that photo actually dates back to the late '50s or early '60s, as only the first two of the '50s era Penn Center office buildings appear (to the west of City Hall). I was in Philly in 1977 and they had many more hi-rises around there at that time.
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I would love to personally see the Miami skyline from about 3 miles out in the water.

Sunrays Panorama Miami Skyline by Akarakoc

https://www.flickr.com/photos/altugkarakoc/14129231497/

I'm not sure how far out to sea this is but you can see two skylines here with the downtown Miami / Brickell skyline on the left side and the Miami Beach skyline from the middle to the left.
The two taller towers right in the middle are the Blue & Green Diamond towers which are the tallest on Miami Beach @ 550 feet.
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Old Posted Oct 25, 2014, 1:18 AM
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Thanks for the out-to-sea photo!
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Toronto 1930's:



1968:



Late-1970's:



2007:



2014:



Source for all images.
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chicago river confluence



1986


Chicago Skyline (1986) 4 by indylatenight, on Flickr[/QUOTE]





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Old Posted Oct 28, 2014, 9:56 PM
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Steely beat me to the punch!

What is even more wild about this transition is that there is one 500' residential tower and two 700'+ office towers currently under construction all on the river at the confluence in the center of this image. This view will be even more transformed in 2 years.
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Those Toronto and Chicago pics are crazy!
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toronto 2007-2014 is insanity. very very impressive.
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Pittsburgh skyline 1988


http://bradystewartcollection.wordpr...mation/page/2/


Pittsburgh Skyline 2005


http://bradystewartcollection.wordpr...mation/page/2/



Seriously, not a single change for about 19 years. Since 2006ish about 4 new highrises have gone up that can actually be seen.
Maybe thats why Pittsburgh feels like its stuck in the 80's.
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Somebody should do Miami.
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Somebody should do Miami.
Sunny Isles Beach had a slight change (notice the pier for reference).

1980's:
http://www.ameriquefrancaise.org/fr/...tropiques.html


2014:
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Some great pics. I hope to see more international cities, particularly places like Dubai, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, and Singapore.
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Mississauga

1973:

Source

2012:

Source

Future:

Source
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Old Posted Oct 30, 2014, 6:42 PM
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That pic is not from the year 1950, but rather, from the mid-1950s.

1955, probably.
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Old Posted Oct 30, 2014, 7:09 PM
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Mississaugua....nice skyline and density stats but it looks soooo suburban in every other way.
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