This is what Toronto looked like in the 1980s
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Toronto in the 1980s was a big, clean and safe city. Although the development of the skyline wasn't as dramatic as the decade before, other signs around the city (like new streetcars and the SkyDome) were indicators of a growing city. This is what Toronto looked like 40 years ago.
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I miss those days - Toronto actually functioned then and there were no ugly cookie-cutter condos going up on every vacant piece of land!
As long as all major landmarks and historic buildings are kept, I'm fine with new high risers of condo buildings.
I don't mind the condos too much. They're better than the old rundown apartment buildings that used to be the norm. I do miss the arcades downtown and some of the niche stores that used to be around the Eaton Center which are now replaced by high-end clothing and cannabis stores.
We must keep moving forward.
@@rlam905Yes. As a visitor, I miss the variety of mom-and-pop shops downtown.
@@keironforbes9512But is it really "forward" when most of us can't afford either the apartments or the wares in the stores?
People who never lived through the 80s and 90s of Toronto really missed out on a wild fun colourful time.
So many great stores on Yonge St., arcades, record stores, World's Biggest Bookstore, headshops, stores for clothing, food, it just went on and on.
Now it's clinical, gray and boring.
Don't get me started on the amount of clubs downtown Toronto had, nevermind the suburbs.
We had the most clubs per capita in North America, a club on every corner, always somewhere to go every night and thankfully no phones and social media.
There was attitude back then, just not as bad as it is today.
Twilight Zone , Tasmanian Ballroom , RPM , the Copa , the Diamond , nuts & bolts , rocket , 23 hop sigh
@@rbuddy4765 Nice list and that's just a real small fraction, imagine?? lol
Whiskey Saigon, Lime Light, G-Spot, Money, Industry, Lot 332 - Menage (Wednesdays), Easy on the Fifth, Club Energy (by the airport - AMAZING club, the girls were so f'in beautiful every Thursday, Euro-dance music), club F/X 1993-95 (north of 401 off of Dixie, place was massive, unreal) and Club 108 Thursdays/Club 107 Fridays (rock)... more beautiful women here.
Fuck time flies, anyone else have any names?
I remember riding my bike in the pit that was to become the skydome when I was a teenager. I got a flat tire and had to walk back to Don Mills.
no. come on. Describe this experience further please. You walked your flat-tired bike from Waaaay Downtown to the burbs because umm... That's like a 3 hour walk. Not a great day.
" *Toronto the Good* " , I used to hear on one of the FM radio stations in the 1970's.
I missed the Toronto 80s
I remember going to trade show at the Metro convention center and signing on the last steel beam to be installed on the SkyDome roof.
Back when toronto had character, it was affordable. You could actually go into a mall and buy something, now all the malls are full of high end stores selling overpriced crap!
Full of east indians now
very informative shot of maple leaf gardens.
Looks like a shot from the 90s though.
Flashback in the 80's
Toronto, especially Downtown, has an indescribable character and atmosphere back then.
The images are changing too fast and I cannot get anything from them. The subject is very interesting but the implementation is not the best it could be.
Being a teen in 1980s Toronto makes me superior . Just saying .
I miss the cool American cars!
Before it became overbuilt with Airbnb's owned & rented out by f0re1gner$.
CN tower lookin fresh
Less dangerous. Am taking the less crowded subway
Much more people friendly. Some great clubs for live music too.
Remember when you could park downtown?
thank god we're slowly getting cars out of downtown again tbh, they often ruin what should be a great downtown
More condos now :)
So many glassy condos today...
Used to name sky dome but they name it rogers center
I don't see much change from then to now except how people dressed back in 1980s. More condo towers and more cars today, seemingly. All rest major landmarks were kept the same from the 1980s which I'm quite happy to see. Keep it up Toronto
Then you are fucking blind and also ignorant. Do you not realize how many landmarks we’ve lost? How much the city has changed and no longer looks the same? Troglodyte.
@@djdarq6311 What landmarks have been lost?
Well, Sam's, which I considered a landmark.
Doesn’t look any different - oh right I haven’t lived there since The 80’s.
Mostly white