Kitsune
Senior Member
Are there any shots of the water front showing roughly what is now a common shot with the CN Tower and Skydome? I'm curious as to what use to stand where I now live (that funny quay between rees and spadina....)
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Toronto 1980s
- Thread starter Mike in TO
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chriskayTO
Active Member
I think it's strange/funny that in the 6th photo, the guy is walking down Yonge St with no shoes on, and he doesn't look like he's homeless. Was this normal back in the 80s? I don't remember that.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Yeah, everyone did it; in '85/86 it was de rigeur in certain circles.
nrb
Active Member
Sadly I think the reason why there hasn't been any massive office developments in the past boom (instead of a bunch of mediocre ones) is because a lot of money has moved west to Calgary. Look at the Transcanada tower and Eighth Avenue Place, and of course the Bow was going to be the centrepiece of this boom, same way FCP and TD Centre came out of the late 60s and early 70s - but it looks like its off the rails now.
junctionist
Senior Member
I disagree. A lot of money left Montreal when FCP and the TD Centre were being built in that time period. Yet in the early 1990s well after its prime years of economic growth, Montreal saw the construction of several fine towers, like its current tallest, 1000 De la Gauchetiere and 1250 Rene Levesque.
OttoSchloss
Active Member
The guy sitting on the park bench with the couple in the come around again outfits, looks like a young Stephen Harper (same hair too).
Davidackerman
Active Member
Dundas and Chesnut Sept 1988. from my dad
Towered
Senior Member
North-east corner - the mosque? What was there before?
adma
Superstar
It was built as a bank. The mosque replaced the bank.
Davidackerman
Active Member
my father had a dentist office above the bank