Cities with already nice skylines in the 50s?

AcesHigh · September 5th, 2011, 06:50 PM

from Brazil

Porto Alegre, 50s

São Paulo, 1947

São Paulo, 1957

Rio de Janeiro, downtown, 1950

Rio de Janeiro, Copacabana, 1950

brazilteen · September 5th, 2011, 07:14 PM

Rio in the 50's was AWESOME

snowland · September 5th, 2011, 07:44 PM

Some from Buenos Aires - 1900/1950

Another one from 70's

Buenos Aires entered in what we call Golden Years from 1850 to 1970, I think...

¿Qué fué que nos pasó?

Yuri S Andrade · September 5th, 2011, 08:06 PM

Queen Elizabeth at second picture?

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Cleveland 1937

Detroit 1941

New York 1942

Rochester 1938

Toronto 1919

And Londrina, in her twenties in the 1950's:

snowland · September 5th, 2011, 08:20 PM

This is massive

PD: I'm not sure if it was she, but this girl looks like her

Good photos from Brazil. When I see those photos from our countries I feel really bad.

poshbakerloo · September 5th, 2011, 11:25 PM

New York.

AcesHigh · September 5th, 2011, 11:39 PM

OUTSIDE the USA guys... in the US we always know about the skylines back in the 50s and before...

Dimethyltryptamine · September 6th, 2011, 04:44 AM

Sydney

1938

State library of NSW

1930s

AussieDude

kwoldtimer · September 6th, 2011, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yuri S Andrade

Queen Elizabeth at second picture?

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I had the same reaction and had to have a second look!

monkeyronin · September 6th, 2011, 08:37 AM

It seems the only major pre-war skylines outside of the US were in a handful of South American cities.

Nonetheless, here a few of early 1900s Montreal: (the biggest city in Canada at the time)

And Toronto:

ssiguy2 · September 7th, 2011, 05:31 AM

Interesting thread!

SydneyCity · September 7th, 2011, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimethyltryptamine

AussieDude

Wow, Pitt Street hasn't changed much in 70+ years...

jabroni · September 7th, 2011, 12:05 PM

Johannesburg, South Africa in the 50's

gabrielbabb · September 9th, 2011, 06:28 PM

MEXICO CITY

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up_mc · September 16th, 2011, 05:44 AM

City of Manila, Philippines before the Japanese invasion of 1941
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Photo Credit: John T. Pilot

Makati City, Philippines Aerial View 60's

William S. Fabianic

AcesHigh · September 16th, 2011, 06:41 AM

it seems Manila didnt have any highrises...

goschio · September 16th, 2011, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AcesHigh

OUTSIDE the USA guys... in the US we always know about the skylines back in the 50s and before...

Not everybody lives in the Americas and knows everything about the US. So please also show US skylines from the 1950s. Think its quite rude to exlcude a single country.

Oskar.Mx · September 16th, 2011, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowland

Some from Buenos Aires - 1900/1950

Another one from 70's

Really awesome photos of Buenos Aires, however this picture is from Mexico City in the early 50's.

AcesHigh · September 16th, 2011, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goschio

Not everybody lives in the Americas and knows everything about the US. So please also show US skylines from the 1950s. Think its quite rude to exlcude a single country.

ok, so lets exclude a few CITIES. No NY or Chicago. Everybody has already seen how big skylines NY and Chicago had even in the 30s and before.

tdoz123 · September 17th, 2011, 10:24 AM

Melbourne, Australia

www.thecollectormm.com.au

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