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Welcome to the 1970s!
First off - I have no idea of the title of this tour book. The cover fell off years ago. All I know is that it's from the 1970s, between 1973 and 1978.
Random highlights!
"David Crombie was elected mayor of Toronto in 1972 , on a plaform of preserving neighborhoods and curbing the excesses of "progress". His strongest poltical asset? He listens."
Subway fares - 30 cents for one token. $1 for four. Kids 12 and under are 10 cents or six for 50 cents. The subway runs from Islington to Warden and St George to Finch, but St George to Union shuts down after 9:40 pm on weekdays.
Yonge Street Highlights - Sam the Record Man, A&A, Le Coq d'Or Tavern, Cinema 2000. The first two went out of business, in 2007 and 1991. The other two were located where HMV is now, from what I can gather.
On the ManuLife Center - "Penthouse occupants are frequently deprived of their up-to-$665-a-month view by low flying clouds." To compare, my apartment costs $750 a month.
The driving tour goes by where I live now. "When you pass Bayview Avenue, Eglinton begins to look more like an expressway. On your right you'll see large factories (Sangamo, Philips)." These are mostly gone now. Sounds like they were thing of Laird.
The Ontario Science Centre has a beer garden.
"Yonge Street Mall: In 1970 the city decided it was a good idea to close off sections of Yonge Street to traffic for part of the summer, set up benches and instant park areas on the roadway, and encourages local pubs and restaurants to set up shop outdoors. Toronto residents obviously agreed because thousands came downtown to enjoy the novelty of wandering down the middle of Toronto's main drag without danger to life or limb. The mall has been going every summer since, though its career has not been unmarked by controversy. It's true that the crime rate for Yonge Street jumps during mall time, but the majority of arrests are for panhandling or peddling goods without a license. Occasionally the freedom of it all prompts some uninhibited souls to shed a few more clothes than is considered proper and many amateur musicians congregate on the street to give impromptu concerts. Whether being serenaded as you stroll along is a nuisance or a pleasant surprise depends upon yout point of view."
The Scarborough Civic Centre has guided tours with an audio visual show!
The future of Union Station was being discussed, with the station's front being replaced with office towers.
The nightlife section is most telling section in terms of how dated the book is. Here's the headlining examples for night clubs!
Large Night Clubs
- Black Knight Room
- Hook and Ladder Club
- Imperial Room
Roof Lounges
- Aquarius 51
- Magic Carpet Room
- Odyssey
- Park Plaza Roof Lounge
- The Pinnacle
- Runway 23
- Stop 33
There's some other oddities that caught my attention, like Generator, a disco at Eglinton and Yonge, in the Canada Square Complex. That's an OFFICE tower. o.O Thing is that I can't seem to find information on this kind of stuff ANYWHERE. It's mostly forgotten. :-\'
Edit: Stop 33 had an album put out!
http://www.passthecat.racknine.net/Canimages/HHardy.jpg
The world seemed so much smaller back then.
Random highlights!
"David Crombie was elected mayor of Toronto in 1972 , on a plaform of preserving neighborhoods and curbing the excesses of "progress". His strongest poltical asset? He listens."
Subway fares - 30 cents for one token. $1 for four. Kids 12 and under are 10 cents or six for 50 cents. The subway runs from Islington to Warden and St George to Finch, but St George to Union shuts down after 9:40 pm on weekdays.
Yonge Street Highlights - Sam the Record Man, A&A, Le Coq d'Or Tavern, Cinema 2000. The first two went out of business, in 2007 and 1991. The other two were located where HMV is now, from what I can gather.
On the ManuLife Center - "Penthouse occupants are frequently deprived of their up-to-$665-a-month view by low flying clouds." To compare, my apartment costs $750 a month.
The driving tour goes by where I live now. "When you pass Bayview Avenue, Eglinton begins to look more like an expressway. On your right you'll see large factories (Sangamo, Philips)." These are mostly gone now. Sounds like they were thing of Laird.
The Ontario Science Centre has a beer garden.
"Yonge Street Mall: In 1970 the city decided it was a good idea to close off sections of Yonge Street to traffic for part of the summer, set up benches and instant park areas on the roadway, and encourages local pubs and restaurants to set up shop outdoors. Toronto residents obviously agreed because thousands came downtown to enjoy the novelty of wandering down the middle of Toronto's main drag without danger to life or limb. The mall has been going every summer since, though its career has not been unmarked by controversy. It's true that the crime rate for Yonge Street jumps during mall time, but the majority of arrests are for panhandling or peddling goods without a license. Occasionally the freedom of it all prompts some uninhibited souls to shed a few more clothes than is considered proper and many amateur musicians congregate on the street to give impromptu concerts. Whether being serenaded as you stroll along is a nuisance or a pleasant surprise depends upon yout point of view."
The Scarborough Civic Centre has guided tours with an audio visual show!
The future of Union Station was being discussed, with the station's front being replaced with office towers.
The nightlife section is most telling section in terms of how dated the book is. Here's the headlining examples for night clubs!
Large Night Clubs
- Black Knight Room
- Hook and Ladder Club
- Imperial Room
Roof Lounges
- Aquarius 51
- Magic Carpet Room
- Odyssey
- Park Plaza Roof Lounge
- The Pinnacle
- Runway 23
- Stop 33
There's some other oddities that caught my attention, like Generator, a disco at Eglinton and Yonge, in the Canada Square Complex. That's an OFFICE tower. o.O Thing is that I can't seem to find information on this kind of stuff ANYWHERE. It's mostly forgotten. :-\'
Edit: Stop 33 had an album put out!
http://www.passthecat.racknine.net/Canimages/HHardy.jpg
The world seemed so much smaller back then.
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Just the idea that rooftop nightclubs were this amazing thing? I'm too used to thinking of clubs as places tucked away in basements. Apparently, though, some of them still exist as bars under different names.
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