Before/After of Canadian skylines: 1980/2012

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dleung

Discussion Starter · Jun 11, 2009

2000:

2009:

This corner of downtown has changed the most:
2000:

2009:

The view from gastown has changed the least:

2000:

2009:

Another major change: there also seems to be more smog, despite what all the environmental reports are saying... the photos just aren't nearly as vivid as they used to be, sigh.

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spongeg

· #2 · Jun 11, 2009 (Edited)

oops wrong years

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Taller Better

· #3 · Jun 11, 2009

So, it is only skylines specifically from 2000 to 2009? There are a lot of Canadian cities that haven't really changed during that short period.

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Yellow Fever

· #4 · Jun 11, 2009

I believe from 1999 will be OK too.

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AndrewJM3D

· #5 · Jun 11, 2009

Toronto 2002

taken by: samthetax on flickr.com

Now I need to find one of the same angle.

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Marcanadian

· #6 · Jun 11, 2009

Here's one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffreyjp/2373893888/

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Oaronuviss

· #7 · Jun 11, 2009

Windsor Ontario:

2000:

2009:

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sparky212

· #8 · Jun 12, 2009

London 1999 postcard

/09

by whisper09

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dleung

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jun 12, 2009

sparky, ur 1999 pic doesn't work =)

Btw, everyone let's try to keep the before/after viewpoints relatively similar for a slightly empirical comparison

Also, check out globalairphotos.com for year-by-year aerial shots of most canadian cities.

LOL TB, ur not complaining about exclusionary parameters again r u? T.O seems to have the most to gain within this period!

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Taller Better

· #10 · Jun 12, 2009 (Edited)

dleung said:
LOL TB, ur not complaining about exclusionary parameters again r u? T.O seems to have the most to gain within this period!

I was referring to the fact you are excluding some Canadian cities, and not referring to Toronto. But I'll admit I rather expected your
Pavlovian response! LOL!

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AndrewJM3D

· #11 · Jun 12, 2009

2002

2006

2002

2006

I actually think the changes between 2006 -2010 will be much greater then we've seen in the past little while. Though the sales have slowed down on new units, building starts are at record highs.

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AndrewJM3D

· #12 · Jun 12, 2009

Weird, the images won't show.

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Taller Better

· #13 · Jun 12, 2009

Andrew, go to that website you referred to, and save the photos to a folder on your computer. Then upload them to Photoshop, or Imageshack, and post the forum code here
and it will work. Always give the url of where you got the photos as a credit!

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dleung

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jun 13, 2009

Taller said:
But I'll admit I rather expected your
Pavlovian response! LOL!

Haha, I just wanted to see how you'd react to that. But yeah you're right, I should have made it 1990 or maybe even 1980... the changes will be a lot more interesting and noticeable in many cities. Damn, too late. Or is it? Can a mod change the thread title?

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Plumber73

· #15 · Jun 13, 2009 (Edited)

Any 'before/after' shots can be interesting, regardless of what year. Just as long as you can see the change. The greater the time difference, the more interesting it is to me personally. There's a book on the history of my old neighborhood (Dunbar in Vancouver) with many photos, one was of the street I grew up on, taken sometime in the early 1900s. It was fascinating, because where my old home stands used to be a little stream with a farm house a short distance away. The entire area is now full of houses, and there's a private school.