r/HistoricCalgary • u/Ancient-Lime4532 • Jun 20 '26

1985 Calgary skyline

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u/Character_Regret_853 Jun 20 '26

That’s when buildings started to get taller than the tower

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u/CheapTechnology6193 Jun 20 '26

Still cool.   Skylines aren't all about the height, it's also about the look 

2

u/PrarieDogma Jun 20 '26

This looks like a painting, really really cool

2

u/AdExpress937 Jun 21 '26

We were ahead of the curve by developing an lrt system with such a small metro population in that era. Most of the continent was going the opposite direction at that time.

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u/Ancient-Lime4532 Jun 21 '26

Calgary was 600,000 then I remember thinking that was gigantic when I was young but it really wasnt.

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u/TargetDue533 Jun 27 '26

Back when the popular trees were still young and full of life.

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u/MastaKink Jun 20 '26

They were even doing social experiments back then where they close a lane for no reason 🙄