Toronto: Boomtown

[Traynor]

This video will give some of our younger members an idea of what Boom-Time construction used to be like: Produced by Leslie McFarlane at the NFB in 1951.

[video]http://www.nfb.ca/film/toronto_boom_town/[/video]
(Courtesy of the National Film Board found HERE )

 

[Asmegin]

Amazing video!!

Seems like Toronto has the same problems 60 years later

 

[someMidTowner]

Great video! Thanks for sharing traynor. Loved the aerial shots, the shots of the old slums, regent park under construction, King and Bay of the 50's - I basically loved the whole vid. Really cool overall

 

[radioheadmike]

Is Toronto a suburb of Hamilton yet?

 

[someMidTowner]

Is Toronto a suburb of Hamilton yet?

Will it ever be?

 

[Lenser]

That was excellent, thanks. I'm also struck by the how similar the perceived treats to Toronto's prosperity - then and now.