Blovertis
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The TD tower in those shots reminds me of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey: A totem from a more advanced civilization suddenly plunked down into a primitive culture.
The TD tower in those shots reminds me of the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey: A totem from a more advanced civilization suddenly plunked down into a primitive culture.
It doesn't look like we can embed YouTube videos, but here's a link to some great 1975 home movies of Ontario Place, specifically the Children's Village - rope slides, water area, etc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5x1vEmtQg
Yes we can Ed
[video=youtube;kj5x1vEmtQg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj5x1vEmtQg[/video]
First shot could be Roman and Sharon
Some great shots here. Amazing to think we went from basically no skyline to a major one almost overnight.
One Royal York does not make for much of a skyline. The difference between 1965 and 1975 is striking.
There was a skyline, though of course it was much more modest in scale. It was one of many church spires, domes, and the tops of public institutions and buildings like City Hall and old Union Station. The transformation to the modern skyline was indeed remarkably fast.
A brief skyline retropective:
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This one'd be mid-teens; notice the skeleton of Royal Bank at Yonge + King.