My corporate apartment at 71 Front Street, Toronto; Construction of the Skydome; View of the city from CN Tower; The Amazing Video Machine at Miracle Foodmart.
I'll never forget those hot summer nights walking on Yonge up to Yorkville Ave. Everyone playing music and showing off their cars. What a great time that was. Seeing this just makes me miss it more 😪
Loved those nights, like you said, the girls, the cars, the music, amazing times. Yonge street was wild, today it's absolute garbage by comparison, so clinical and dystopian.
This was filmed on April 18th 1989. The Yankees were playing the Jays at Exhibition Stadium the previous night and had an afternoon game the following day. It was the only time they played at that stadium that season. The Jays later moved to the newly built Skydome later that season. I miss the old Toronto before it became overpopulated. It was North Americas best kept secret for a long while!
People didn't want to live downtown then. They were all moving into Mississauga, Pickering, Markham, where the new housing developments were . The downtown was dying and schools were closing. Attitudes changed dramatically, I think it was a generational shift.
Thanks for posting the date because I was trying to figure it out based on the music playing in the restaurant (around 30:30). They were playing She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals, so I looked it up and it hit #1 on the billboard hot 100 on the week of April 15th 1989! So you really nailed the date there.
Wonderful memories of Front St and area. I worked at 10 Wellington from 1983 until my company sold the building around 2018. Wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing
I wish i was raising my kids during these times rather then today during a fucking pandemic. Plus toronto looked much nicer and less crowded with overpriced condos owned by investors in other country’s. It cost 1million to buy a house today in scarborough lol. Between the pandemic and house prices, life sucks right now lol
@@Skyfoogle No the 80s, wasn't known for its beautiful architecture, but I wouldn't trade my solid and spacious 80s condo for the cheap-looking crap being built today!
@@Skyfoogle The suburban houses being built on the edge of steels and into Markham at the time. There were some interesting architecture in the the 70s that carried over into the 80's. What we think of as ugly 80s stuff is the stuff from the late 70s that they really made cheaply, and ended up looking really ugly. Some of those big blocky building are solid and have large interesting interior spaces, as seen here, compare to the ugly shoe boxes where you can hear people cough in the next apartment or condo
Toronto looks so different. I went to visit the city in 2019 and there's big changes. It turned as my favorite place and I'm residing in US. Toronto. Got Impressed from the Beautiful, friendly people and cleaness environment.
Back then life was good. Not like today. Toronto is too overpopulated and not enough affordable housing and I truly despise the government for all the hardships we currently face. 1989 was truly a beautiful time!
I was just going into grade 9 the air felt crisp no crime ridden or gun ridden shootouts that we hear almost everyday now, going to school getting the marks and enjoying walks with an aging dog life was grandiose.
1989 I was 10 years old and I spent the summer in Toronto at my aunts place and went all over to the CN tower, The Zoo, Science Center, the ROM, Canada's Place and the EX, the island and Maple Leaf Gardens it was a great time that summer and remember much of it.
The first thing I noticed was the cars LOL I was 30 years old in 1989 driving etc. but the cars looked great LOL Now looking back wth? LOL I recognized all the areas you were in amazing how under developed they were compared to now. Thanks for sharing this and jogging my memory as well!
Wow, amazing video. I was 9-10 years old. Going to the arcades. My parents ran a shop at bay n bloor so I would go down every weekend and then explore the city on my own. Yes, it was simpler, easy times, safe. Gun crimes were unheard of really. This vid really captured the mood and feel of the city. And notice the lack of 'young' ppl?
Video Machine (at the end of the clip) That boy is the exact same age I was - looking over the Video Rental machine trying to pick out which movie to get. Just seeing that Video Machine logo brought back so many memories.
Remember those days well. Downtown looks like a little village compared to now! We didn't even have Sunday shopping back then, that battle was just ramping up. When I first got here, just before this, I went up in the CN Tower and looked down at the Skydome (today, Rogers Centre) which was just a hole in the ground, hadn't even poured concrete yet, let alone rolled out their turtle mascot "Domer". Thanks!
Dayam!😳 You guys were livin’ like THAT in ‘89?!!😳 Wow! Thank you SO much for sharing this! Was REALLY nice seeing the neighbourhood like this again! St. Lawrence neighbourhood in its prime! I was 12. I know those kids didn’t go to Market Lane!😆
It was so nice to live in Toronto, I'm originally from NJ. I worked in Mississauga but wanted a "cool" apartment in the city! The two little kids are my nephews, now in their 40s ... also from NJ.
@@11cost1Yeah man, i mena compare it to now, omg toronto is suffering, im suprised this city isnt bankrupt...yet, i can imagine toronto become like a canadian detroit
The 80s were the best of times for me living in T.O . This looks like early Johnny Strides RUclips video . Ha Ha . I left T.O in the fall of 1989 for a new life in the Great state of Florida and have never looked back . Except for RUclips videos of the city , WOW have things changed , a lot GOOD and some not so good . I Remember watching the CN tower getting built while in High School at Central Tech ,what a great high school that was .My Auto shop teacher was Mr Pipa . But I have to say the other half of my life living in Florida has been Great . I Think it's time for a HogTown visit .
HOLY COW things look sooo different the metro is there now there is a weed shops now haha oh man this makes me want to make a video of thing now to s ee in 30 years how things will change
Wow that was a blast from the past, including smoking in any restaurant, the music and seeing the area where future buildings were to be built. The family is marvellous with their New Jersey accent. The kids now are probably 42-44+ Oh my. This was an awesome video, thanks for sharing it! ♥️ 🇨🇦
Yes, the two kids are my nephews ... they both have kids, one in college already! My mom was only 54 in this video, she passed away in 2015. Thanks for watching!
Having recently travelled to the Balkans where smoking in restaurants is allowed or bans are not yet enforced, I got immediate memories of my childhood, and had to eat outside to avoid the smoke. I believe banning smoking indoors was a change for the better.
Hello ViaSandee, Amazing video and quality! We would like to use some small portions of this video for a student documentary at Humber College if you agree. I would like you to know that we will give you credits. And share with you the final result if you would like. Please let me know if it's okay with you. Have a great week!😃
In 1989 Toronto, you were able to board a train to take you across the country, in the greatest scenic route in the world, at any day you desire on a whim.
@@ianstuart5660 No. I said 𝘢𝘯𝘺 day. The current VIA transcontinental schedule departs Toronto only on Wednesdays and Sundays. Daily service from here started in the 1890s and ended 1990/01/14. And it is routed on CNR lines exclusively, missing some sights the original CPR line was famous for.
This video gave me goosebumps because I remember these times and all the areas and how they were back then and how fun it was. I just want to ask you at the end of the video your all in my area of Mississauga first at Square One and then at the Iona plaza at Mississauga Valley and Central Parkway where the Miracle Mart was then Dominion and now Metro. How did you wind up in Mississauga? Did you live there or just visiting? Also were you from Toronto in general or new to the city?
I'm originally from NJ, I worked in Mississauga but wanted a "cool" apartment in the city! I made so many great friends in Toronto (actually married one, but later divorced!). My office was near SquareOne! :)
@ViaSandee Really cool your from NJ and came to Toronto to live. Glad you met some really good friends and even got married, Sorry to hear about the divorce though. Where was your office in Mississauga? I live right around that Miracle Mart in Mississauga that's in your video and I immediately recognized it so that's why I asked. I used to live around Dufferin and King and Etobicoke on Eastmall and Rathburrn in the early 80's to early 90's but I've lived in Mississauga for 30 years going on 31 this year. This is the city I call home the most. When I moved out here in 92 it was a fresh start and I loved it. Is still love it But I miss the 80's and 90's so much! Things were so much better back then. Even the early 2000's were good but things have really fallen apart in the world the last 15 years or so. I Pray things are good for you and your family though and all the best always! Thank You for replying❤️🙏
Front street was special The market was special What the hell happened to toronto I moved.to Vancouver 89 Bus cost 150 train.220 I visited.back every year then stop in 2000
Back in the day when you go out and buy a VHS tape at Biway/Honest Ed's and break in your $2000 fully loaded shoulder camera. Those cameras were a bit heavy.
You lived in the theatre (71 Front E)? Or did that A/V shop start after? Much safer back then. Won't miss the old North Market though. The new one is taking ages to build. Your building had that Ontario Place/Eaton Centre design aspect to it. Same designer from what I understand, who died recently.
@@mgtowworldwideself-improve3469y’a, it would be shameful to disparage the guy who kidnapped, raped, tortured and killed little girls. You should really start a PB fan club.
80s was a great time to be in toronto at any age. i was 11 in 85 and downtown was awesome right thru the 90's then it started its slow descent. walking down yonge st starting at bloor was so fun with drunk and stoned friends. arcades, fast food, head shops, record shops, clothing and everything was cheap.
Amazing,we ate.coceau saint jacque..PEOPLE forget that whole area was discoland and singles bar One night me & matt frum enter.downtown julie brown on front,oh life under age
I remember painting the inside of one of those somewhat ugly condos on the north side of Front for my aunt's painting company. Then I got a real job at one of the office buildings down the street.
My family took me almost every summer to Hamilton in the mid 70s. I really miss the Canadian people from back then, even on up to the late 80s. Here are two of my favourite cross references: ruclips.net/video/S9UqU4i3Bvs/видео.html ruclips.net/video/OpJXAavGpi4/видео.html
Worked at the CNTower revolving restaurant from 95 to 07 totally forgot about the cn drink glasses . spent a couple winters in horizons cafe back when this vid was taken was called sparkles. Cool to see
You know the jist of why the 80's were greatest? After the 80's, Toronto fell into a depression that we never really came out of. In the 80's, everyone was making money. Life was affordable... and fun.
The 1980s Recession was the worst in Canadian History. Many companies closed down and thousands of citizens were out of work. Canada also had one of the worst Conservative Governments at the time. Mulroney was a disaster!
More “the past was better” crap. You realize you are living in the most prosperous, peaceful, healthy and informative age in HUMAN HISTORY? does that mean nothing to you? People have being doing what you are doing since Moses wore short pants. The past is always better. Even when it wasn’t. When this video was taken, 1989, you realize someone was complaining about how shitty things are and how everything was better in the 1950s? And in the 1950s someone was complaining how awful things are and everything was better in the 1920s. Etc etc.
@@MrGittz We create our reality. Which means that anyone who is lack-oriented and fear-based, will see and live and attract that, no matter what seems to be going on otherwise. Same for those who are abundance, love, and joy-oriented ... they will experience that likened reality no matter what else seems to be going on. My family has always been the former, and still are No matter what, things suck and they never have enough and everything is someone else's fault etc But I look around and things from a positive perspective, are pretty great. We bring with us, what we are within. We see through whatever lens and reality is tinted that way.. It emerges in that correlating manner.. It is basically impossible to see other than however one is oriented within because our RAS filter in the mind will be programmed to perceive whatever, and so can only see that Only when we want better and allow and are open, can this start to change. But it was always there, we just maybe aren't lined up with it to see it. It is too bad ppl are so deep in their programming that they don't know they can change it, and as they do so, things will change automatically and effortlessly 🤷♀️and indeed we can then look back and see a completely different picture, via a different lens
The year we met ringo star peters backyard on king and partied all night at the bar with him then he came back to our house a partied until noon the next day he invited back to scotland on his private plane but we couldnt his cousin went to university with my friends cousin in scotland he is very down to earth and really nice for being so famous we took pictures but she had them and she has passed now so I dont know where they went
Reminds me of the time I went around taking pictures in public right after 9/11 and people asking me to stop and even calling the police because they thought I could be a terrorist taking pictures in preparation for my attack. It's been said that if you let the terrorist change us, they won. Well, they won.
Do these condos still exited? The one your sister lived in??? I loovee the one with the White kitchen gosh i want a house like That im wondering if That building still looks the same
what was that cash counter RBC at foodmart, was that the ATM predecessor? When did get ATMs? We were early to that game in Canada. EDIT: ah I see its what RBC called an ATM back then :)
That pub, the Jersey Giant, is still there. We recently filmed some drone footage from that same area and are working on a video to post soon. Sadly, we did not think to include that historic pub, but at least the Flat Iron building is featured!
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Back before Canada was a dystopian hellhole of a place.
As a dual citizen it's better then being here in the states
Canada is heading that way.@@ntcrawford722
I'll never forget those hot summer nights walking on Yonge up to Yorkville Ave. Everyone playing music and showing off their cars. What a great time that was. Seeing this just makes me miss it more 😪
Stoping off at the Big Slice
Loved those nights, like you said, the girls, the cars, the music, amazing times.
Yonge street was wild, today it's absolute garbage by comparison, so clinical and dystopian.
And when the leafs, or jays, won in the playoffs yonge was packed with people celebrating. great times!
There's so much space, what a completely different universe
Yes...that's the first thing that hits me,when watching.. Its night and day compared to today.
The nostalgia is almost suffocating, we'll never get back these moments. Will need to watch this in detail. Tx for the memories.
Did you live nearby?
@@ViaSandee No, I grew up in North York and Scarborough.
Year I moved to Toronto. If there was a shooting, it was like HUGE news, like BIG news . It just didn’t happen
Those were the good old days. Life was simpler. I missed those days.
Yup
I don't
Yes before the internet where retards can find each other and validate each other.
Ah yes especially behind the Berlin Wall…
The blatant exceess over-consumerism from the 1980's through the 2000's is why we're in this goddamn mess right now, so thanks!!!
This was filmed on April 18th 1989. The Yankees were playing the Jays at Exhibition Stadium the previous night and had an afternoon game the following day. It was the only time they played at that stadium that season. The Jays later moved to the newly built Skydome later that season.
I miss the old Toronto before it became overpopulated. It was North Americas best kept secret for a long while!
amen
People didn't want to live downtown then. They were all moving into Mississauga, Pickering, Markham, where the new housing developments were . The downtown was dying and schools were closing. Attitudes changed dramatically, I think it was a generational shift.
I immigrated to Canada on apr 25, 1989. Thanks for putting the date in the comments. This a cherished video for me as it turns out.
Montreal was way more fun
Thanks for posting the date because I was trying to figure it out based on the music playing in the restaurant (around 30:30). They were playing She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals, so I looked it up and it hit #1 on the billboard hot 100 on the week of April 15th 1989! So you really nailed the date there.
Wonderful memories of Front St and area. I worked at 10 Wellington from 1983 until my company sold the building around 2018. Wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing
I wish i was raising my kids during these times rather then today during a fucking pandemic. Plus toronto looked much nicer and less crowded with overpriced condos owned by investors in other country’s. It cost 1million to buy a house today in scarborough lol. Between the pandemic and house prices, life sucks right now lol
All investor eh
My 8 million dollar home be a turn off eh
Toronto really was amazing back then, today, not so much.
The hay day of Toronto..No traffic and no bums.
I miss those days! Toronto actually functioned - and there were no cookie-cutter condos going up on every vacant piece of land!
Yup, each of the units at 71 Front Street were unique! I had 3 different ones over 4 years! :)
architecture in the 80s was "cardboard box with windows"
@@Skyfoogle No the 80s, wasn't known for its beautiful architecture, but I wouldn't trade my solid and spacious 80s condo for the cheap-looking crap being built today!
@@Skyfoogle The suburban houses being built on the edge of steels and into Markham at the time.
There were some interesting architecture in the the 70s that carried over into the 80's. What we think of as ugly 80s stuff is the stuff from the late 70s that they really made cheaply, and ended up looking really ugly.
Some of those big blocky building are solid and have large interesting interior spaces, as seen here, compare to the ugly shoe boxes where you can hear people cough in the next apartment or condo
Fucking disgusting parking lots everywhere and TO looked sleepy and boring
I remember Miracle Mart and the VCR rental machines!
Toronto looks so different. I went to visit the city in 2019 and there's big changes. It turned as my favorite place and I'm residing in US. Toronto. Got Impressed from the Beautiful, friendly people and cleaness environment.
Back then life was good. Not like today. Toronto is too overpopulated and not enough affordable housing and I truly despise the government for all the hardships we currently face. 1989 was truly a beautiful time!
I was just going into grade 9 the air felt crisp no crime ridden or gun ridden shootouts that we hear almost everyday now, going to school getting the marks and enjoying walks with an aging dog life was grandiose.
Gun ridden shoot outs in Canada? 😂
Now Toronto just looks like India.
Clean, no bums, not too busy, white, before leftism.
The sky dome was complete in 1989 was it not because I remember haveing a skydome 1989 calender
1989 I was 10 years old and I spent the summer in Toronto at my aunts place and went all over to the CN tower, The Zoo, Science Center, the ROM, Canada's Place and the EX, the island and Maple Leaf Gardens it was a great time that summer and remember much of it.
And looks like now you live in the US
I remember this from my trips to Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 in 1987 and 1990. I went in 2004 and things were sure different.
The first thing I noticed was the cars LOL I was 30 years old in 1989 driving etc. but the cars looked great LOL Now looking back wth? LOL I recognized all the areas you were in amazing how under developed they were compared to now. Thanks for sharing this and jogging my memory as well!
You would know who it was just buy the car back then..today evey car looks the same.!
@@davesilva75yeah, no
I just finished driving 2 hours from downtown to East York... I want the 90s back. Whoever is running this city is brain dead.
I worked 2 blocks away, at Yonge St in 1989. Kept looking for myself in the video.
I think she got you.
I'm quite sure thats you in the leather jacket crossing the street not far from St. Lawrence market
Oh the 80's. I miss those days.
Wow, amazing video. I was 9-10 years old. Going to the arcades. My parents ran a shop at bay n bloor so I would go down every weekend and then explore the city on my own. Yes, it was simpler, easy times, safe. Gun crimes were unheard of really. This vid really captured the mood and feel of the city. And notice the lack of 'young' ppl?
Crime is actually lower now (look it up). Especially violent crime.
Also the lack of choked sidewalks, drug addicts panhandling on every street corner, and tent encampments.
Back then I went to the pub in the basement of the Flatiron bldg on my lunch for pints & billiards. 🇨🇦🍺🍺
Video Machine (at the end of the clip)
That boy is the exact same age I was - looking over the Video Rental machine trying to pick out which movie to get.
Just seeing that Video Machine logo brought back so many memories.
I worked for the company that brought the Amazing Video Machine to Toronto! :)
39:49
Remember those days well. Downtown looks like a little village compared to now! We didn't even have Sunday shopping back then, that battle was just ramping up. When I first got here, just before this, I went up in the CN Tower and looked down at the Skydome (today, Rogers Centre) which was just a hole in the ground, hadn't even poured concrete yet, let alone rolled out their turtle mascot "Domer". Thanks!
The fur man on spadina fought for it
Porn had.black dots
Censorboard remove all
There was Sunday shopping in 89 !
Sorta@@laurameunier5290
@@laurameunier5290no, there actually wasn’t
The skydome opened on June 7, 1989. Only reason I know is bc that’s my bday. There would have been a structure to be seen from the cn tower
Dayam!😳 You guys were livin’ like THAT in ‘89?!!😳 Wow! Thank you SO much for sharing this! Was REALLY nice seeing the neighbourhood like this again! St. Lawrence neighbourhood in its prime! I was 12. I know those kids didn’t go to Market Lane!😆
Market Lane ! I went to St Michaels next door!!
It was so nice to live in Toronto, I'm originally from NJ. I worked in Mississauga but wanted a "cool" apartment in the city! The two little kids are my nephews, now in their 40s ... also from NJ.
@@ViaSandee😯
It's so much more insane now and not as appealing at all.
(@@CinHalCedHerChance ) Yeah, it’s not quite the same anymore.
Holy crap I commented on this video 4 years ago. I'm still alive lfg!
instead of being born in 2001 i wish i was there
Boy you can't imagine.Toronto had it good back then. The city was safe and much easier to meet people.
@@11cost1Yeah man, i mena compare it to now, omg toronto is suffering, im suprised this city isnt bankrupt...yet, i can imagine toronto become like a canadian detroit
@@keyzenthiru5867 I hope not.
The population and culture was still Canadian back then, that's why it was so good
We came to Canada in 1989 :). Time flies.
The 80s were the best of times for me living in T.O . This looks like early Johnny Strides RUclips video . Ha Ha . I left T.O in the fall of 1989 for a new life in the Great state of Florida and have never looked back . Except for RUclips videos of the city , WOW have things changed , a lot GOOD and some not so good . I Remember watching the CN tower getting built while in High School at Central Tech ,what a great high school that was .My Auto shop teacher was Mr Pipa . But I have to say the other half of my life living in Florida has been Great . I Think it's time for a HogTown visit .
Crappy plug for a crappier yt'er
@@speez71 they say everyone has a opinion ,just like everyone has a asshole ,that makes you part B . (crappier ,ya get a life )
wow looked like a queit town back then where are all the drugies
Reminds me of the Northside (gentrified) part of Chicago.
HOLY COW things look sooo different the metro is there now there is a weed shops now haha oh man this makes me want to make a video of thing now to s ee in 30 years how things will change
Wow that was a blast from the past, including smoking in any restaurant, the music and seeing the area where future buildings were to be built. The family is marvellous with their New Jersey accent. The kids now are probably 42-44+ Oh my. This was an awesome video, thanks for sharing it! ♥️ 🇨🇦
Yes, the two kids are my nephews ... they both have kids, one in college already! My mom was only 54 in this video, she passed away in 2015. Thanks for watching!
Having recently travelled to the Balkans where smoking in restaurants is allowed or bans are not yet enforced, I got immediate memories of my childhood, and had to eat outside to avoid the smoke. I believe banning smoking indoors was a change for the better.
I miss my parents 1989 safari van
We had an 87 Astro van. It was the party wagon in the later 90s when I got older. Also had 2 89 caprices. Fun cars.
Hello ViaSandee,
Amazing video and quality! We would like to use some small portions of this video for a student documentary at Humber College if you agree.
I would like you to know that we will give you credits. And share with you the final result if you would like.
Please let me know if it's okay with you. Have a great week!😃
Of course! Please contact me at sandee@sandeeland.com …
In 1989 Toronto, you were able to board a train to take you across the country, in the greatest scenic route in the world, at any day you desire on a whim.
Aside from cost difference, you still can!
@@ianstuart5660 No. I said 𝘢𝘯𝘺 day. The current VIA transcontinental schedule departs Toronto only on Wednesdays and Sundays. Daily service from here started in the 1890s and ended 1990/01/14. And it is routed on CNR lines exclusively, missing some sights the original CPR line was famous for.
That the problem the cost difference. @@ianstuart5660
Does anyone know what company owns the orange truck in the first shot?
Just saw this now. Thx for having this. So nice to remember the good old days.
When I can afford to travel again, I want to go back to 1989.
The city was cleaner much much less congested ..then..no kidding
Wow. Like 60% less people at least or more. Where are the skyscrapers and condos? Wow
(20:00) Your hair looks fine Nana, your hair looks fine.
When the streets were full of "three box" 4-door family sedans and 2-door personal luxury coupes.
Thank you so much for sharing some important historical documentary footage of a time gone by. Things have changed quite abit. Cheers!!!
This video gave me goosebumps because I remember these times and all the areas and how they were back then and how fun it was. I just want to ask you at the end of the video your all in my area of Mississauga first at Square One and then at the Iona plaza at Mississauga Valley and Central Parkway where the Miracle Mart was then Dominion and now Metro. How did you wind up in Mississauga? Did you live there or just visiting? Also were you from Toronto in general or new to the city?
I'm originally from NJ, I worked in Mississauga but wanted a "cool" apartment in the city! I made so many great friends in Toronto (actually married one, but later divorced!). My office was near SquareOne! :)
@ViaSandee Really cool your from NJ and came to Toronto to live. Glad you met some really good friends and even got married, Sorry to hear about the divorce though. Where was your office in Mississauga? I live right around that Miracle Mart in Mississauga that's in your video and I immediately recognized it so that's why I asked. I used to live around Dufferin and King and Etobicoke on Eastmall and Rathburrn in the early 80's to early 90's but I've lived in Mississauga for 30 years going on 31 this year. This is the city I call home the most. When I moved out here in 92 it was a fresh start and I loved it. Is still love it But I miss the 80's and 90's so much! Things were so much better back then. Even the early 2000's were good but things have really fallen apart in the world the last 15 years or so. I Pray things are good for you and your family though and all the best always! Thank You for replying❤️🙏
That open house appartment wow!!! Very 90's feel i wanted to see the full tour sadly im wondering jf i can get a house like that today in toronto
There's one for $999K for sale! www.torontolofts.ca/market-galleria-lofts-lofts-for-sale/71-front-st-e-506
For the price of a small semi-detached house, on a tiny lot in the GTA, ypu can get a decent-sized chateau on several acres of land in France.
@@OofusTwilliplike to see a link for a $1M CDN chateau in France.
i have been trying to hear what the realtor was saying about the prices for the units. do you happen to remember the numbers for the 1 and 2 bedroom
Wow! Awesome archive!
I miss the clean streets, we took that for granted.
Front street was special
The market was special
What the hell happened to toronto
I moved.to Vancouver 89
Bus cost 150 train.220
I visited.back every year then stop in 2000
Back in the day when you go out and buy a VHS tape at Biway/Honest Ed's and break in your $2000 fully loaded shoulder camera. Those cameras were a bit heavy.
At 28:28 is that Jennie moos talking?🤣
You lived in the theatre (71 Front E)? Or did that A/V shop start after? Much safer back then. Won't miss the old North Market though. The new one is taking ages to build. Your building had that Ontario Place/Eaton Centre design aspect to it. Same designer from what I understand, who died recently.
I was there in the 90s ... not sure what it was before that. Beautiful building, yes, same designer as Eaton Center ...
I wonder what Paul Bernardo was doing during the minutes this video was taken.
Who's Paul Bernardo? Google'ing now ...
He was probably working like everyone else.
Working in sick world that made him sick
We shouldn't demonize
@@mgtowworldwideself-improve3469 He was the Scarborough Rapist back then and also in Mississauga and I almost caught him one night .
@@mgtowworldwideself-improve3469y’a, it would be shameful to disparage the guy who kidnapped, raped, tortured and killed little girls. You should really start a PB fan club.
Stalking us at 1 am in bronte
Nice video love it ❤️❤️GOD BLESSED TORONTO🤲❤️❤️
80s was a great time to be in toronto at any age. i was 11 in 85 and downtown was awesome right thru the 90's then it started its slow descent. walking down yonge st starting at bloor was so fun with drunk and stoned friends. arcades, fast food, head shops, record shops, clothing and everything was cheap.
Amazing,we ate.coceau saint jacque..PEOPLE forget that whole area was discoland and singles bar
One night me & matt frum enter.downtown julie brown on front,oh life under age
I remember painting the inside of one of those somewhat ugly condos on the north side of Front for my aunt's painting company. Then I got a real job at one of the office buildings down the street.
What condo building was this, the one above Metro on 80 front street east?
@@dpx The particular unit I was working on faced Church St, but yes, it was part of the same complex.
I love your Apartment. Very 70’s. Where is that located?
It was a beautiful location! I lived there back in the early 90s ... 71 Front Street.
ViaSandee
I saw the location. Right now 1 bedroom they charge $2000....😒
@@FrankKnight8846 it's expensive living in toronto.
@@FrankKnight8846 by now it’s 3000
I remember going to Miracle as a kid in Malton.
OMG I want to go back....I'll even do that route canal again (1990)....please let me go back!!
36:00 square one Mississauga
My family took me almost every summer to Hamilton in the mid 70s. I really miss the Canadian people from back then, even on up to the late 80s. Here are two of my favourite cross references:
ruclips.net/video/S9UqU4i3Bvs/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/OpJXAavGpi4/видео.html
Worked at the CNTower revolving restaurant from 95 to 07 totally forgot about the cn drink glasses . spent a couple winters in horizons cafe back when this vid was taken was called sparkles. Cool to see
I'd forgotten what a drab, boring place it was. Thanks for the memories!
wow amazing how 1989 looks so different from 2024
Thanks for sharing!!!
If you told anyone in the video that the Ford F150 will cost 80k in 2024 they will think your nuts
Reminds me of the Northside of Chicago.
It's like a time capsule into
1989 fantastic video 👍
I had one year seniority at my job I'm still employed at at the time of this filming. A large university
This is hard to watch :*(
agreed
Looks like New York because of the fire escapes
MY LOVE TORONTO 🤲❤️❤️❤️GOD BLESS TORONTO THANKS FOR NICE MEMORIES
Quiet, Clean!! uncongested! ahhhh what a time. Now look at all the dump on the streets, from the bums to the trash, graffitie, and others
23:33 look at all that space and the Gardiner, nice and free flowing, compared to today closed down to two lanes an absolute nightmare.
the Video Machine section was priceless :)
39:49
You know the jist of why the 80's were greatest? After the 80's, Toronto fell into a depression that we never really came out of. In the 80's, everyone was making money. Life was affordable... and fun.
The 1980s Recession was the worst in Canadian History. Many companies closed down and thousands of citizens were out of work. Canada also had one of the worst Conservative Governments at the time. Mulroney was a disaster!
More “the past was better” crap. You realize you are living in the most prosperous, peaceful, healthy and informative age in HUMAN HISTORY? does that mean nothing to you? People have being doing what you are doing since Moses wore short pants. The past is always better. Even when it wasn’t. When this video was taken, 1989, you realize someone was complaining about how shitty things are and how everything was better in the 1950s? And in the 1950s someone was complaining how awful things are and everything was better in the 1920s. Etc etc.
I remember people handing out pamphlets at Yonge/Bloor advertising available jobs. Toronto in the '80's was wonderful.
@@leejones7439 Wonderful if the company you worked for didn't close down or you weren't laid off due to the recession. It was s difficult time indeed.
@@MrGittz
We create our reality.
Which means that anyone who is lack-oriented and fear-based, will see and live and attract that, no matter what seems to be going on otherwise. Same for those who are abundance, love, and joy-oriented ... they will experience that likened reality no matter what else seems to be going on.
My family has always been the former, and still are
No matter what, things suck and they never have enough and everything is someone else's fault etc
But I look around and things from a positive perspective, are pretty great.
We bring with us, what we are within. We see through whatever lens and reality is tinted that way..
It emerges in that correlating manner..
It is basically impossible to see other than however one is oriented within because our RAS filter in the mind will be programmed to perceive whatever, and so can only see that
Only when we want better and allow and are open, can this start to change. But it was always there, we just maybe aren't lined up with it to see it.
It is too bad ppl are so deep in their programming that they don't know they can change it, and as they do so, things will change automatically and effortlessly 🤷♀️and indeed we can then look back and see a completely different picture, via a different lens
I was 25 and living in Scarborough when this was filmed... I'll be 60 this year... D'Oh!!
We're about the same age ... it's CRAZY it's it!?!? I'm older than my mother was in this video! OMG!
The year we met ringo star peters backyard on king and partied all night at the bar with him then he came back to our house a partied until noon the next day he invited back to scotland on his private plane but we couldnt his cousin went to university with my friends cousin in scotland he is very down to earth and really nice for being so famous we took pictures but she had them and she has passed now so I dont know where they went
Incredible footage!
Back when the population was Canadian
Thanks for videotaping & sharing this. Those were the days.
Thanks to overdeveloping and gentrification, it's barely recognizable.
In 1989 I had a mullet with hair mousse on top
Reminds me of the time I went around taking pictures in public right after 9/11 and people asking me to stop and even calling the police because they thought I could be a terrorist taking pictures in preparation for my attack. It's been said that if you let the terrorist change us, they won. Well, they won.
The Amazing Video Machine.
I wonder where I was and what I was doing when this video was shot?🤔😋
The stadium opened in June 1989 so this must be just before that, assuming it wasn't open. Maybe the first couple of months of 1989.
Do these condos still exited? The one your sister lived in??? I loovee the one with the White kitchen gosh i want a house like That im wondering if That building still looks the same
YES, I lived there - they're beautiful! That's my sister, her kids and my mother ...
condos.ca/toronto/market-galleria-71-front-st-e
Is this the loft the forst house of the second home with the cute White kitchen
So much more order back then
time travel
I was 21, then.
My neighbourhood, about 20 years before I moved to it. The site of my building was still just a big parking lot, one of many in that area.
The Great City of Toronto was a different place in 1989. Perhaps the last vestige of an assured progress as a part of the rest of Canada.
what was that cash counter RBC at foodmart, was that the ATM predecessor? When did get ATMs? We were early to that game in Canada. EDIT: ah I see its what RBC called an ATM back then :)
That pub, the Jersey Giant, is still there. We recently filmed some drone footage from that same area and are working on a video to post soon. Sadly, we did not think to include that historic pub, but at least the Flat Iron building is featured!
The Amazing Video Machine ... the Netflix of the 80s.
My first job was right there on Front street