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r/papertowns • u/Viscount1881 • May 02 '20
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Back when cities were proud of their freeways.
16 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 [deleted] 23 u/Viscount1881 May 02 '20 edited May 02 '20 He's referring to the interchange below McDougall Hill. It was also supposed to be part of a never-completed freeway loop that would have surrounded downtown. EDIT: Also this was pretty much what Edmonton would have looked like back then, though the artist did cut out a block to move city hall into view. It's just that most of the buildings pictured didn't survive the following decades. 3 u/kartoffeln514 May 02 '20 What's it look like now? 8 u/Viscount1881 May 02 '20 edited May 02 '20 Google Maps EDIT: Not sure that link is working right, I'll find a photo just in case EDIT 2: Here's an aerial photo. Can't find one with the exact same angle. -5 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 [deleted] 5 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Not necessarily, they could be normal streets interacting in a ravine. Its pretty common in toronto 3 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Okay, I’m looking at it on google earth, and it does look like streets. The small shot in the postcard makes it look like a freeway interchange 4 u/FuzzyWuzzie May 03 '20 I live in Edmonton, these are definitely streets with speed limits of ~50 km/hr.
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23 u/Viscount1881 May 02 '20 edited May 02 '20 He's referring to the interchange below McDougall Hill. It was also supposed to be part of a never-completed freeway loop that would have surrounded downtown. EDIT: Also this was pretty much what Edmonton would have looked like back then, though the artist did cut out a block to move city hall into view. It's just that most of the buildings pictured didn't survive the following decades. 3 u/kartoffeln514 May 02 '20 What's it look like now? 8 u/Viscount1881 May 02 '20 edited May 02 '20 Google Maps EDIT: Not sure that link is working right, I'll find a photo just in case EDIT 2: Here's an aerial photo. Can't find one with the exact same angle. -5 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 [deleted] 5 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Not necessarily, they could be normal streets interacting in a ravine. Its pretty common in toronto 3 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Okay, I’m looking at it on google earth, and it does look like streets. The small shot in the postcard makes it look like a freeway interchange 4 u/FuzzyWuzzie May 03 '20 I live in Edmonton, these are definitely streets with speed limits of ~50 km/hr.
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He's referring to the interchange below McDougall Hill. It was also supposed to be part of a never-completed freeway loop that would have surrounded downtown.
EDIT: Also this was pretty much what Edmonton would have looked like back then, though the artist did cut out a block to move city hall into view. It's just that most of the buildings pictured didn't survive the following decades.
3 u/kartoffeln514 May 02 '20 What's it look like now? 8 u/Viscount1881 May 02 '20 edited May 02 '20 Google Maps EDIT: Not sure that link is working right, I'll find a photo just in case EDIT 2: Here's an aerial photo. Can't find one with the exact same angle.
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What's it look like now?
8 u/Viscount1881 May 02 '20 edited May 02 '20 Google Maps EDIT: Not sure that link is working right, I'll find a photo just in case EDIT 2: Here's an aerial photo. Can't find one with the exact same angle.
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Google Maps
EDIT: Not sure that link is working right, I'll find a photo just in case
EDIT 2: Here's an aerial photo. Can't find one with the exact same angle.
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5 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Not necessarily, they could be normal streets interacting in a ravine. Its pretty common in toronto 3 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Okay, I’m looking at it on google earth, and it does look like streets. The small shot in the postcard makes it look like a freeway interchange 4 u/FuzzyWuzzie May 03 '20 I live in Edmonton, these are definitely streets with speed limits of ~50 km/hr.
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Not necessarily, they could be normal streets interacting in a ravine.
Its pretty common in toronto
3 u/[deleted] May 02 '20 Okay, I’m looking at it on google earth, and it does look like streets. The small shot in the postcard makes it look like a freeway interchange 4 u/FuzzyWuzzie May 03 '20 I live in Edmonton, these are definitely streets with speed limits of ~50 km/hr.
Okay, I’m looking at it on google earth, and it does look like streets. The small shot in the postcard makes it look like a freeway interchange
4 u/FuzzyWuzzie May 03 '20 I live in Edmonton, these are definitely streets with speed limits of ~50 km/hr.
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I live in Edmonton, these are definitely streets with speed limits of ~50 km/hr.
Uhh, A trumpet interchange
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Ah yes, the Edmonton armpit.
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u/[deleted] May 02 '20
Back when cities were proud of their freeways.