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May 13, 2023 · The Shuffle Demons at Yonge and Bloor. Toronto was much less polished back in the 1980s. It was a grittier city, but in some ways also a friendlier and less cynical place. It was a city with ...
- Ed Conroy
- If you were really lucky, your friend's birthday party would be at Tour of the Universe: a Space Shuttle simulator located beneath the CN Tower that flew you to Jupiter and back.
- You rented VHS or Beta tapes at the Video Station, Video Barn, Major Video, Videoflicks, Jumbo Video, National Video, Bandito Video, 7-11, Eatons, Sam the Video Man or Canadian Tire.
- You learned a lot of about Leslieville geography from watching episodes of The Kids of Degrassi Street, usually shown in classrooms on 16mm film projectors.
- You thought 99 Queen Street East was a very special place - the cultural centre of Toronto's entertainment scene in fact, because Citytv lived there.
It cleared up mostly because manufacturing moved out of Detroit. Before, all the smoke from the coal-powered auto factories would blow up to Toronto. Now, most of those factories are closed (plus our own). Every election, a different set of Toronto politicians takes credit for cleaning up the air. In reality, we didn't clean it.
Aug 13, 2023 · If photos of Toronto in the 1970s seem to be tinged with a sepia tone of nostalgia, those from the '80s tend to be more stark, highlighted by bold colours. One thinks of the colour scheme of the ...
- Laura Hanrahan
- Markham Street looking north to Bloor Street – 1982.
- Street vendor outside subway station – 1985.
- CNE – 1985.
- Exhibition Place game stall – 1980.
Here are some stunning vintage photos that will take you back to the 1980s in Toronto. It seems like the 1980s were not too distant from today, but they were different. It was a large city, but it still felt like a small town. The environment seemed safe, clean, and endlessly exciting. #1 World’s Biggest Bookstore, 1980s.
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Mar 10, 2014 · Here, 15 signs you grew up in Toronto in the 1980s. 1. You crammed onto the Spadina Bus while singing “Spadina Bus”. The old Spadina 77 buses seemed to come every five seconds, yet they were ...
