This isnt the Toronto of today.. 90's was the last decade that this city was still wholesome. Now its daily shootings, overburdened social systems, and ghetto culture complete with crappy attitudes. A damn shame..
@@admiraltamalak7559 facts trigger you, Little Fella? google ANY major city, ANY violent crime, followed by suspect.. select images... Tell me, what should we like?
@@admiraltamalak7559 cat got your tongue, Princess? "In the late 1980s, gangs in Toronto were becoming increasingly violent. This coincided with the arrival of crack cocaine in the city, which caused more gun violence to occur in low-income neighborhoods.[38[41] In 1991, Toronto experienced its most violent year with 89 murders (that murder tally was surpassed in 2018), 16 of which were linked to drug wars involving rival gangs.[38][42]" All this whilst our media pushed NWA, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and the like... until it became mainstream for the low lq to consume and embrace.
@@theworkethic Go sit around some benches in the subway with four people and take life slow. See if you're allowed to hang out, or if guards / surveillance start circling you expecting you to speed up.
There was almost nothing better about Toronto back then lol. It had a lot less of just about everything, besides crime which was twice as high in the 90s as it is now. I think you are just suffering from nostalgia.
Toronto was very good 2000-2015 this was the prime of toronto. When they won the battle of canada's number 1 elite city against Montreal & Vancouver But it had too much sucess, it became like new york/los angeles/san francisco too much elite. Everyone want to live there. So the cost of living is insane And this cost of living is 100 times more painful when you have 5 month of freezing winter. And 2 month of non freezing but very cold weather 😂 At least if it was Miami or Los Angeles. You be like at least i am near the beach. I can chill in the pool all year. The weather is good all year long. But this is not the case 😂 Toronto has more or less same rent prices as Los Angeles and honolulu hawaii. Its way more expensive then Miami or any florida cities. Yet we are freezing half the year 😂 And our beaches are a joke. You can only enjoy it 3 months a year. Lot of spots are dirty. And the beach often have a very strong smell of piss and weird smelly thing. Cause too much people go there. And i guess hundreds of people are peeing there daily behind trees or bushes at night. Which cause that weird smell 😂
@@mathewvanostin7118 your wrong. Toronto in the 80s and 90s was the best. City still had its soul. Crime rate isn't everything. New York was way better back them too even with higher crime rate. Now the crime is done by the government. Toronto is just a libtard hell hole now.
It's great to see what Toronto looked like pre-condos and unaffordable housing everywhere (ironic combo), I remember the garden thing at new city hall vividly, thanks for this!
condo built that mean there are demand hence the price went up it's simple logic in the market. also without that move toronto wouldn't look that beautiful and vibrant now
@@mitismee not at all. What is beautiful? Overpriced, small sized, high raised condos.one beside another. You can shake hand of your next building neighbour. Skyscrapers covering the sky and the sun.
I live in the condo right beside the cn tower built in 2002. Like i look out my window and see the cn tower. And its heartbreaking to see this area being burned to the ground with condos. And i feel guilty even living in one :(
@@gregcosta6965 no Melvin Douglas Lastman was a Canadian businessman and politician who served as the third mayor of North York from 1973 to 1997 and 62nd mayor of Toronto from 1998 to 2003. He was the first person to serve as mayor of Toronto following the 1998 amalgamation of Metro Toronto and its six constituent municipalities. The amalgamation screwed up everything. Trudeau finished the job with his importation of mass mediocrity.
We had very early day cell phones and internet. The internet came out in the 80s, but it was slow and not very common at all like today. People were still on their home phone all the time though for hook-ups and other things. I remember my mom would be on our house phone for hours when I was a kid in the 90s and plenty of cable TV and early video games. But we also got a lot of fresh air.
It’s a very youthful looking city in that it has yet to see the massive changes that will forever change its skyline. Definitely an awesome video and thank you for sharing!
I miss Honest Ed's. My mom would take me there all the time when I was little. Bathurst and Bloor just isn't the same anymore now that it's gone. So sad 😞
@Roscoe & Chance This video is from the ‘80s. Notice that the SkyDome (1989), and Scotia Plaza (1988), are yet to be built. In fact, the Dome, whose construction began in 1986, shows no signs of being underway; that would indicate that this footage is from the early or mid-‘80s.
@Blank Name Actually dummy, it was Trudeau Sr who made "us" prosperous only for Mulruney for fcuk it up with trickle down economics and end the 80's with one of the worst economic recessions of the 20th century.
Aaaaaand I’m crying now. To think I could have been in the prime of my adulthood during this video instead of wasting these past two years. Oh how I wish.
@@neilwhitaker6284 Nothing shameful about that, better to be honest with your feelings. I was born in 1996 so this is quite foreign to me but the remnants of this era are what I grew up with and long for once again.
@@AlexOmiotek thanks man I was being a little tongue and cheek. That's really cool you respect and admire the past. Not everybody of course but a lot of young people (your age down to High School age) seem to be waking up. I have a lot of hope for your generation.
I’ve been living in Toronto for 16 years and it brought tears into my eyes even though I’ve never been through that era. Seeing the old life which is much happier and better and realized that we will never get back makes everyone sad, but we can still treasure the good memories we had and create a new one with our kind heart and effort :)
Kind heart and effort? haha that's a good one. Everybody is ready to bite each other's head off. Contemporary city living in the 21st century. Anger and misery the new way of life.
A great reminder of how that period offered more affordable, accessible and easy things to enjoy here! Nostalgia is fun, but I've been inspired now to see how many of these places and opportunities remain, especially as Covid restrictions loosen. Going to have to venture out and rediscover Toronto!
Housing wasn't "affordable" back then. Massive housing crash in the late 80s and 1990 was on the cusp of a long deep recession. Lots of people lost everything due to housing speculation. Hopefully this doesn't happen again, but i fear it will as many of the ingredients of that disaster are alive and well in today's Toronto
@@neilwhitaker6284 You got it!! 🎶🏆🎉 You're a double blue Torontonian, through and through! "Romantic Traffic" by The Spoons, the '80's video featuring clips filmed on the T.T.C. (Toronto Transit Commission) subway.
@@dustymiller65 When people like you have to repeat your comments everywhere, we know that what your sellin' is bullshit! Things WERE better back then. It's not nostalgia.
For me, I think Toronto had its heyday from the 1950s to 1970s, and even the 1990s and 1990s were ok. Best of all, it was still affordable back then even if it was a bit more gritty and rough around the edges. I love watching old movies shot in Toronto from those bygone eras.
@@Shamsithaca Until about 1970 Montreal was the banking service centre of Canada and where the major stock market was located. Toronto was a working class city also called "Hogtown" because of all the meat packing plants there. After about 1970 the banks and stock market moved to Toronto from Montreal and the makeup of the city started to slowly change. When this video is made in 1990 Toronto was a clean city. I think what the poster you are asking a question to is that many areas like Queen St. for example where Much Music and City TV are were not gentrified in say the early 1980s. There was a fashion and textile industry there, very few chain stores. I think it was better then and it has lost its character but it was "grittier", less corporate. edit: from my memories which start in earnest in the early 1980s, Toronto was a safe, orderly and clean city for the most part but in the early 80s it was "gritty", more working class in many areas and when I left in 2011 it was mostly white collar service industry. Much more capital, small boutique shops were cleaned up and renovated or replaced by chain stores. That sort of thing.
You are correct. I said that in another response above. The real heydays of Toronto( or Toronnuh) were in the time frame you discussed. Especially the 1960s what a time that must have been in Toronto. The Leafs were awesome.
Toronto in The 90s as a kid growing up was fun..Remember there was so much to do and see..Now it's just all business..Condos & Park Space..No Places to have fun or really take your family anymore. Biggz Was Here. 33.
Without social intervention, every big city just becomes a museum and home to the ultra rich. Canada sold out to foreign buyers decades ago and this is the result now.
Toronto was an amazing city to live in I’d say from the late 1960’s to the early 90’s. I moved in 1984. I miss the old Toronno. If you’re not dropping the last T then you’re not a Torontonian. Cheers!!!
for some reason when looking at this, I think back to some of what my now deceased relatives and family friends were doing in the city back then in their day to day lives before they left this world, was 1990 that far back? thirty 30 years it doesnt seem that long ago yet it was, the essence of the city is still the same now, hah look at that - wonderland, remember those summers? hah my mom used to dress like this back when she worked downtown, what a nice time, I wish I could go back, the world seems a little colder now than then, a little more grey today and less bright, I will retain my memories of this bygone era in my mind and heart
Excellent! While I'm from the old Toronto, I'm new here on your vlog. I will watch as many as I can. One place I used to go, a long time ago, was Allen Gardens for a stroll through the greenhouses and picnic in the Park.
I went back to Toronto after 20 something years couldn't recognize anything except that skinny building at 1:50 and the CN tower incredible how it changed.
this is truly a time machine that bring us back the pre-Condo and pre skyscraper era... so empty and free of chaotic... the old times as always intrigue me, 1990 I was only 6years old... hmmm interested to do a same documentary but with modern footage hahaha
@@craig221 🤔 racism. Nice. Felt good. Well don't blame me for not being a provider, protector, and supporter to your lovely wife so she can kick monkey butt and let you know we can't afford kids cuz you're still mama's boy.
@@craig221 lol. Says a man who chose van life over being a provider, protector and supporter of his family. Ever thought why migration is required. Because you're too mama's boy not to have enough children since you can't afford them. Blame others for you own failures.
Also born in the same year. While I wish to relive the Toronto of the 2000s during our childhoods, the TO of the 80s/90s is a definite second choice for me.
@@1234canadianguy 80s and 90s were a blast guys, and the diversity of music was awesome then too: hip hop, dance, pop, country, rock, metal, house, etc. Amazing times
I miss the '90's. People are socializing without social media. There playing games, laughing having fun. Walking upright down the street and not hunched over staring into a phone being ignorant. I miss the '90's. Great times
I totally miss the Toronto of yesterday. Going down Yonge street was always fun. Maple Leaf Gardens was a great place to be, whether it was for Hockey or Concerts. And tripping out in the planatarium for the Lazer Rock shows.. Mmhm 🤘
Pretty interesting seeing hardly any skyscrapers in Toronto in this footage kinda reminds me of how Mississauga is now where there’s some skyscrapers but it’s mainly smaller buildings
During those years No traffic on route, 5 minutes take 5 minutes, nowadays 5 minutes = 50 minutes. That much horrible situation. Full-size winter , so beautiful days , So much Peace. ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ 🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠
This is a great and very nostalgic video. I was born in Toronto in 1987 and I swear @5:54 of the video the little boy in blue is me at 3 or 4 years old at Ontario place watching the show. Unfortunately the video quality back then sucks so it's hard to tell. But this is still an interesting watch since there wasn't very many videos back then except some my dad used to take on his big cam recorder back then.
I can only watch a little at at time, it is too depressing thinking how much we have lost and how far we have fallen. I left Ontario for good last year, grew up there but will never return. In the spring of 1991 we did a big project on Toronto for Geography, 2 day field trip observing the different neighbourhoods. I didn't know then what was going to happen to us, I suppose its that innocence and naivety that is lost that I wish I could get back.
@@CA-ly7my Now you are lying. If you were genuine asking a question you wouldn't have written "your (sic) being dramatic". You are trying to make a point and debate me. Given you are too young to remember those days I have no interest in debating you and given your lack of manners and rudeness, conversing with you.
I loved growing up in Toronto in the 90's. It's just sad to see that it has become a cesspool of condos and unaffordability. Pretty much everything iconic with the exception of the CN Tower and Skydome are gone, and they even tried to get rid of the Skydome too. Thankfully they are choosing to renovate it instead. Memories of my youth and teen years are literally the only thing that keeps me attached to this city because it's definitely not the same.
@@djvelocity Before media, movies, and television shoved mediocrity down our throats, destroyed the middle class alongside greedy politicians and flooded our city with a criminal element en masse. The internet will be what saves us.🍺
It's almost sad to see this because this was the last decade that Toronto was really a "nice" place to live. It was such a relaxing and easy going city, even with all the people and traffic, it still was a pleasant place to be. Now its a nightmare and I can't even stand to visit it anymore, even though I spent most of my life in the GTA.
I left in 2011 could see the writing on the wall through about 2007-10. I could see the changes right before my eyes. Left Ontario last year. I understand you, all the best.
@@Wargy16 so you could commit violence against those that don't agree with you, because it won't be on camera? That sounds horrible. Isn't the snowflake the one that is so triggered that violence has to commence? Glad criminals have to be careful today.
@@Wargy16 you tell me what your words mean then? "If you talked the talk you had to walk the walk" So 30 years ago, when you didn't like what someone said, something would have happened that can't happen now because now you'll be on camera? If you're not referring to violence, or other illegal activity, then what are you talking about?
Toronto my dream city.
I wish I could go to Toronto.
This isnt the Toronto of today.. 90's was the last decade that this city was still wholesome. Now its daily shootings, overburdened social systems, and ghetto culture complete with crappy attitudes. A damn shame..
@@ZeroMass “ghetto culture” - come on sport, say what you really want to say.
@@admiraltamalak7559 facts trigger you, Little Fella?
google ANY major city, ANY violent crime, followed by suspect.. select images... Tell me, what should we like?
@@admiraltamalak7559 cat got your tongue, Princess?
"In the late 1980s, gangs in Toronto were becoming increasingly violent. This coincided with the arrival of crack cocaine in the city, which caused more gun violence to occur in low-income neighborhoods.[38[41] In 1991, Toronto experienced its most violent year with 89 murders (that murder tally was surpassed in 2018), 16 of which were linked to drug wars involving rival gangs.[38][42]"
All this whilst our media pushed NWA, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and the like... until it became mainstream for the low lq to consume and embrace.
ah yes the days where it didnt cost 1.5 million dollars for a 1000 sqft home
The sad truth. Now if I wanted to move back to the midtown neighbourhood I used to live in, I wouldn't be able to afford to.
Wdym, it costs 1.8 mil for a literal shed now 🤣
What an absolute sh!t hole of a city. Close the borders please
lol my parents bought a 4,000 sq ft home in the Kingsway in 1983 for $350,000
@@Jushwa so thats what home owners love
This is awesome. Even her voice sounds like it’s coming out of a Sega Genesis cartridge.
maybe she was.
SEEEEEEEEEGA
Thats not what it actually sounded like tho on the vhs
Especially that this is from the 90s
😂
I remember when people were actually allowed to have fun in Toronto. Good times.
What?
@@theworkethic Go sit around some benches in the subway with four people and take life slow. See if you're allowed to hang out, or if guards / surveillance start circling you expecting you to speed up.
This is the Toronto I truly miss. I wanna go back and not return to the present.
Why?
@@josecarranza7555 His heart and mind knows why.
@@gregcosta6965 Why though?
Because Toronto is a far cry from what it once was.
@@gregcosta6965 What’s the difference between?
Toronto is one of the cities I would like to visit.
No cell phones, less stress, no 9/11 impact, low crime , more honesty… what a time ❤️
A time that will never come back
No crazy lgbtqxyx and Muslim radicals... That's the biggest difference
Less attractions, no internet, worse communication, worse entertainment, worse racist xenophobic people, less jobs, less honesty, etc
@@MR-te5fkShut up racist moron, you're breaking TH-cam TOS
1991 was the peak of homicides in toronto history
The late 1980s were the best, even at 1990! Incomparable! "Protoronto"
100% these were the glory days of Toronto..I'm glad I had a chance to grow up there in the 80s.
The good old days when Toronto was still small enough to be prosperous and affordable
mel lastman killed toronto
@@ZeroMassnoooooooo body!!!
Living in 2022 and knowing a much much different city today. This really hurts to watch
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah( spoken like a True Canadian) while scarfing down timbits and sipping timmy's coffee:))
I would like to visit this magical place someday. Unfortunately I live in Toronto. Wait a minute..
Lol
Aw! What changed?
@@jonathanandrew2909 Lol! Seriously have look outside or lease take a trip to the island you see it.
@@simmerszalai9196 i acknowledge there's more people and artifacts from this increase in population. are you saying people are the problem?
@@jonathanandrew2909 I mean he isn't wrong...
This WAS Toronto, a long lost love, now unrecognizable. Give me a time machine and I'll spend the rest of my days in Hogtown circa 1970-1990.
I think you're just lost in the romantic traffic of the past, my friend.
(A place where dreams turn off and on like the street lights.)
There was almost nothing better about Toronto back then lol. It had a lot less of just about everything, besides crime which was twice as high in the 90s as it is now.
I think you are just suffering from nostalgia.
The devil did us a diservice by introducing iphones.
Toronto was very good 2000-2015 this was the prime of toronto. When they won the battle of canada's number 1 elite city against Montreal & Vancouver
But it had too much sucess, it became like new york/los angeles/san francisco too much elite. Everyone want to live there. So the cost of living is insane
And this cost of living is 100 times more painful when you have 5 month of freezing winter. And 2 month of non freezing but very cold weather 😂
At least if it was Miami or Los Angeles. You be like at least i am near the beach. I can chill in the pool all year. The weather is good all year long. But this is not the case 😂
Toronto has more or less same rent prices as Los Angeles and honolulu hawaii. Its way more expensive then Miami or any florida cities. Yet we are freezing half the year 😂
And our beaches are a joke. You can only enjoy it 3 months a year. Lot of spots are dirty. And the beach often have a very strong smell of piss and weird smelly thing. Cause too much people go there. And i guess hundreds of people are peeing there daily behind trees or bushes at night. Which cause that weird smell 😂
@@mathewvanostin7118 your wrong. Toronto in the 80s and 90s was the best. City still had its soul. Crime rate isn't everything. New York was way better back them too even with higher crime rate. Now the crime is done by the government. Toronto is just a libtard hell hole now.
1990 in Toronto feels like yesterday, I can still remember the weather. Middle of January felt like spring for a little while.
I would LOVE to go back to the 1990s...the world was a much better place.
agree. Mid and late 80s too, we didn't know how good we had it. At least I didn't being a kid/adolescent/teenager.
Then we had terrorist problems in the 2000s.
@@user-qz5qy3xq5p This was the start of the slow downfall into now.
@HV demographics killed the city.
Afghanistan, Rwanda and the ex-USSR countries definitely agree with you
It's great to see what Toronto looked like pre-condos and unaffordable housing everywhere (ironic combo), I remember the garden thing at new city hall vividly, thanks for this!
condo built that mean there are demand hence the price went up it's simple logic in the market. also without that move toronto wouldn't look that beautiful and vibrant now
@@mitismee toronto was better before profit took over
Yes... condos have destroyed TOs culture
@@mitismee not at all. What is beautiful? Overpriced, small sized, high raised condos.one beside another. You can shake hand of your next building neighbour. Skyscrapers covering the sky and the sun.
Without the condos Toronto would be even more unaffordable
Born in 1974. Lived in Toronto. I loved this old skyline.
Now it's called Moronto or Boronto:)
So weird to see the CN Tower without all the condo buildings surrounding it!!!!
I live in the condo right beside the cn tower built in 2002. Like i look out my window and see the cn tower. And its heartbreaking to see this area being burned to the ground with condos. And i feel guilty even living in one :(
Freaking weird!
That was before the foreigners came in
I'd take condos over ugly parking lots any day. I think we can all agree on that.
@@CharlieND No. condos are the worst kind of housing
Toronto was clean and beautiful back then... Seems so long ago
mel lastman destroyed it.
@@ZeroMass No because Mel Lastman was only mayor of North York wasn't he? It was the following mayors who destroyed it.
@@gregcosta6965 no
Melvin Douglas Lastman was a Canadian businessman and politician who served as the third mayor of North York from 1973 to 1997 and 62nd mayor of Toronto from 1998 to 2003. He was the first person to serve as mayor of Toronto following the 1998 amalgamation of Metro Toronto and its six constituent municipalities.
The amalgamation screwed up everything. Trudeau finished the job with his importation of mass mediocrity.
I was a courier in Toronto in the early 90's as a 20 something kid.... man, what a time - what memories!!!
I throughly enjoyed this. Gosh I miss the Toronto of yester-year
Same
You said it my friend , but you know what? Even for its faults I still love it.
Frankly, the city today is utterly unrecognizable from what’s in this video.
For the worse.
So is the whole world.
This is my childhood. Im going to have a aneurysm from all the nostalgia vibes
No cellphone, no social media, affordable house, less crowd, no covid, life seems much better in 90's
We had very early day cell phones and internet. The internet came out in the 80s, but it was slow and not very common at all like today. People were still on their home phone all the time though for hook-ups and other things. I remember my mom would be on our house phone for hours when I was a kid in the 90s and plenty of cable TV and early video games. But we also got a lot of fresh air.
@@chronofantasy1987 agree chris
I miss those days
Bring 1990s Toronto back
Toronto looks like such a lovely place to live. No Traffic, not a lot of people, cheap housing, lots of open space...
Hahah that’s a funny one 😭
😂😭🙃
Well interest rates was above 10% and job market stunk.
😂😂😂👍
You need to go watch current video of the city. Not one from 1990...lol.
Childhood memories - so much fun playing in the parks, going to baseball games, having BBQ's, full of ❤ and community !
It’s a very youthful looking city in that it has yet to see the massive changes that will forever change its skyline. Definitely an awesome video and thank you for sharing!
Once upon a time it was the best place no one knew about. What a beautiful well kept secret.... so glad I grew up there, but never going back.
Wow. What a difference. The CN Tower was noticeably the only building in that area that was tall. And there were only a handful of skyscrapers.
Omg... The nostalgia of seeing this! I was 10yrs old in 1990. I grew up in downtown Toronto and seeing this brings back memories. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Same!! I remember walking to the Eatons Center, worlds biggest bookstore and saving up to buy clothes at the Betsy Johnson store on queen st!
I would do anything to go back to this time.
I hear u
Wow. Looks gorgeous compared to now.
I miss Honest Ed's. My mom would take me there all the time when I was little. Bathurst and Bloor just isn't the same anymore now that it's gone. So sad 😞
Downtown cracked shooting sprees now.
Same. I felt like we went there at least once a month and I even remember going there for Christmas time once and there was a Black Santa.
It’s so gentrified now it hurts
This was the year my parents migrated to Canada as refugees. Such an amazing city and I’m forever thankful to live here.
Leave
@@SkipPriest687 no u
@@SkipPriest687 LOL and you can go back to Europe goofy
@@SkipPriest687
Well your government let us in so tell that to them lmao
you should seriously consider leaving, the City is so miserable now, just a dark vibe.
I’d love to see a 70s or 80s version of this
@Roscoe & Chance This video is from the ‘80s. Notice that the SkyDome (1989), and Scotia Plaza (1988), are yet to be built. In fact, the Dome, whose construction began in 1986, shows no signs of being underway; that would indicate that this footage is from the early or mid-‘80s.
@@MojoPin1983 the skydome is in this video
@Blank Name Lol
@Blank Name Actually dummy, it was Trudeau Sr who made "us" prosperous only for Mulruney for fcuk it up with trickle down economics and end the 80's with one of the worst economic recessions of the 20th century.
@Blank Name haha this good place never be back country is already third world
I was in grade 1 in 1990. Those where the days. Before social media ruined it all.
Started or ended in '90?
To be able to go back thirty years and enjoy this again... What a wonderful look back at the Toronto of the past. So many childhood memories.
RIP Toronto. Our future is bleak. It will never be the gem it once was.
After 2010, seems like the condos are everywhere and crime has exploded.
this is one hell of a film ill tell ya
100%
This film gives me times where I remember that society was very simple. It makes me feel very connected with my young self.
This seems like the type of video my teacher would play in elementary school. They would get these videos from some ancient library.
Aaaaaand I’m crying now. To think I could have been in the prime of my adulthood during this video instead of wasting these past two years. Oh how I wish.
I had to go for a walk and I cried a bit. They say boys don't cry but what do they know? I would have been 15 when this video was filmed.
@@neilwhitaker6284 Nothing shameful about that, better to be honest with your feelings. I was born in 1996 so this is quite foreign to me but the remnants of this era are what I grew up with and long for once again.
@@AlexOmiotek thanks man I was being a little tongue and cheek. That's really cool you respect and admire the past. Not everybody of course but a lot of young people (your age down to High School age) seem to be waking up. I have a lot of hope for your generation.
I’ve been living in Toronto for 16 years and it brought tears into my eyes even though I’ve never been through that era. Seeing the old life which is much happier and better and realized that we will never get back makes everyone sad, but we can still treasure the good memories we had and create a new one with our kind heart and effort :)
You are right Toronto was king they destroyed it with condos and buildings!
@@HopeLaFleur1975 yeah， I agree, and we can no longer afford a home :(
Kind heart and effort? haha that's a good one. Everybody is ready to bite each other's head off. Contemporary city living in the 21st century. Anger and misery the new way of life.
A great reminder of how that period offered more affordable, accessible and easy things to enjoy here! Nostalgia is fun, but I've been inspired now to see how many of these places and opportunities remain, especially as Covid restrictions loosen. Going to have to venture out and rediscover Toronto!
I think you're just lost in the romantic traffic of the past, my friend.
(A place where dreams turn on and off like the street lights.) 😉
Housing wasn't "affordable" back then. Massive housing crash in the late 80s and 1990 was on the cusp of a long deep recession. Lots of people lost everything due to housing speculation. Hopefully this doesn't happen again, but i fear it will as many of the ingredients of that disaster are alive and well in today's Toronto
@@dustymiller65 Spoons reference?
@@neilwhitaker6284 You got it!! 🎶🏆🎉 You're a double blue Torontonian, through and through! "Romantic Traffic" by The Spoons, the '80's video featuring clips filmed on the T.T.C. (Toronto Transit Commission) subway.
@@dustymiller65 When people like you have to repeat your comments everywhere, we know that what your sellin' is bullshit! Things WERE better back then. It's not nostalgia.
Man... this is the Toronto I love and remember. Look at the clean skyline yall! Unobstructed by condos... it was so beautiful once...
I agree with you, I have the same feeling.,
For me, I think Toronto had its heyday from the 1950s to 1970s, and even the 1990s and 1990s were ok. Best of all, it was still affordable back then even if it was a bit more gritty and rough around the edges. I love watching old movies shot in Toronto from those bygone eras.
Toronto started really going down hill in the last 4 years. Too expensive and the social scene is basically dead... which for me was its biggest pull.
tell us more....how was it rough around the edges? It looks so clean by the way.
@@creepythinman1978 You can thank mass immigration for that
@@Shamsithaca Until about 1970 Montreal was the banking service centre of Canada and where the major stock market was located. Toronto was a working class city also called "Hogtown" because of all the meat packing plants there. After about 1970 the banks and stock market moved to Toronto from Montreal and the makeup of the city started to slowly change. When this video is made in 1990 Toronto was a clean city.
I think what the poster you are asking a question to is that many areas like Queen St. for example where Much Music and City TV are were not gentrified in say the early 1980s. There was a fashion and textile industry there, very few chain stores. I think it was better then and it has lost its character but it was "grittier", less corporate.
edit: from my memories which start in earnest in the early 1980s, Toronto was a safe, orderly and clean city for the most part but in the early 80s it was "gritty", more working class in many areas and when I left in 2011 it was mostly white collar service industry. Much more capital, small boutique shops were cleaned up and renovated or replaced by chain stores. That sort of thing.
You are correct. I said that in another response above. The real heydays of Toronto( or Toronnuh) were in the time frame you discussed. Especially the 1960s what a time that must have been in Toronto. The Leafs were awesome.
Damn I wish I was born 20 years earlier! The city sucks now 😭
As an almost lifelong Torontonian who was born in 1997, I'm fully in the same camp as you
Agree born 1993, 2004 was when the vultures took over.
I was born in 2003 In Scarborough Lol
I like Toronto of today. Lots of skyscrapers and high rise condos. Proud of these condos.
@@thebacheafghanI bet you're a Punjab
Miss this Toronto❤
Oh Toronto looked so nice in the 1990s!
Actually Toronto was at its zenith i believe in the 50s and 60s. It was a fantastic time to be a Torontonian back then.
Thank you for uploading this
i was 5 years old.. but i remember this good as yesterday! i miss those days in the city!
*I remember watching these kind of videos on TV when I was a child.*
I had gotten this video after on of my visits to Toronto in the 90's. Thanks for posting it. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Toronto in The 90s as a kid growing up was fun..Remember there was so much to do and see..Now it's just all business..Condos & Park Space..No Places to have fun or really take your family anymore.
Biggz Was Here. 33.
Without social intervention, every big city just becomes a museum and home to the ultra rich. Canada sold out to foreign buyers decades ago and this is the result now.
The memories..... I was 6 yrs old then....
The vibes are immaculate
Toronto was an amazing city to live in I’d say from the late 1960’s to the early 90’s. I moved in 1984. I miss the old Toronno. If you’re not dropping the last T then you’re not a Torontonian. Cheers!!!
toronnovirus
it still is a great place to live for lots of people
but you have to use the 2nd T when saying "Torontonian"....funny how that works. Never heard anyone say Torononian before.
@@milosb9979 yea but that’s how we pronounce it.
pronounced "Turrahnuh" for anybody not Canadian here. Like he pronounces it in this funny video th-cam.com/video/2WRoZA3RXI4/w-d-xo.html
Where did you find this film ? It's truly phenomenal and brings me back to such a happy time in my childhood.
Probably was saved on some vhs tape hidden away
for some reason when looking at this, I think back to some of what my now deceased relatives and family friends were doing in the city back then in their day to day lives before they left this world, was 1990 that far back? thirty 30 years it doesnt seem that long ago yet it was, the essence of the city is still the same now, hah look at that - wonderland, remember those summers? hah my mom used to dress like this back when she worked downtown, what a nice time, I wish I could go back, the world seems a little colder now than then, a little more grey today and less bright, I will retain my memories of this bygone era in my mind and heart
Excellent!
While I'm from the old Toronto, I'm new here on your vlog. I will watch as many as I can. One place I used to go, a long time ago, was Allen Gardens for a stroll through the greenhouses and picnic in the Park.
Sadly this area is full of crackheads now :(
@@PawnScript dude, it's gotten better. There's a dog park now and a children's playground. And the crackheads were replaced with alcoholics.
@@mgjk 🤔 🤣 🥴
I went back to Toronto after 20 something years couldn't recognize anything except that skinny building at 1:50 and the CN tower incredible how it changed.
this is truly a time machine that bring us back the pre-Condo and pre skyscraper era... so empty and free of chaotic...
the old times as always intrigue me, 1990 I was only 6years old...
hmmm interested to do a same documentary but with modern footage hahaha
Can’t believe this was 32 years ago 👁👁
Fun, spirit, hope, culture, family, tranquility and prosperity. What the heck happened?!
Toronto and Ottawa in the 1990s is beautiful if there is heaven this must be it ,
Heartbreaking to see what’s become of it.
Record tourism this past year.
Toronto was beautiful back then. Now its infested with condos everywhere.
@@craig221 🤔 racism. Nice. Felt good.
Well don't blame me for not being a provider, protector, and supporter to your lovely wife so she can kick monkey butt and let you know we can't afford kids cuz you're still mama's boy.
@@craig221 lol. Says a man who chose van life over being a provider, protector and supporter of his family.
Ever thought why migration is required. Because you're too mama's boy not to have enough children since you can't afford them. Blame others for you own failures.
Tell me about it so true
I was born in 1997 - it's nice though to see how Toronto was before.
Also born in the same year. While I wish to relive the Toronto of the 2000s during our childhoods, the TO of the 80s/90s is a definite second choice for me.
@@1234canadianguy 80s and 90s were a blast guys, and the diversity of music was awesome then too: hip hop, dance, pop, country, rock, metal, house, etc. Amazing times
i miss those days
Better times...
WOW WOW . very wholesome. Gorgeous video of Toronto. Makes you wanna take things back
I miss the '90's. People are socializing without social media. There playing games, laughing having fun. Walking upright down the street and not hunched over staring into a phone being ignorant. I miss the '90's. Great times
The 80s and 90s were fun. I feel bad for kids today glued to Tik Tok and Insta and the photos are all filtered and fake.
@@markjanssens1658 2000s were great too
I was born in 1990, I agree with you. I'm glad when I was a kid and even a teenager I didn't have the technology
@@atpacific Tolerable i would say "not great", as opposed till today.
@@markjanssens1658social media back in the 2000s and 2010s were alright, I think the problem here is corporate greed
I was born in 1990 in Toronto so this video is a nice treat
Great video. Brings back memories.
Ah yes a city I once loved...
I totally miss the Toronto of yesterday. Going down Yonge street was always fun. Maple Leaf Gardens was a great place to be, whether it was for Hockey or Concerts. And tripping out in the planatarium for the Lazer Rock shows.. Mmhm 🤘
I remember those old days, good old days
Pretty interesting seeing hardly any skyscrapers in Toronto in this footage kinda reminds me of how Mississauga is now where there’s some skyscrapers but it’s mainly smaller buildings
During those years No traffic on route, 5 minutes take 5 minutes, nowadays 5 minutes = 50 minutes. That much horrible situation. Full-size winter , so beautiful days , So much Peace.
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so much lively and full of vitality compared to now
This is a great and very nostalgic video. I was born in Toronto in 1987 and I swear @5:54 of the video the little boy in blue is me at 3 or 4 years old at Ontario place watching the show.
Unfortunately the video quality back then sucks so it's hard to tell. But this is still an interesting watch since there wasn't very many videos back then except some my dad used to take on his big cam recorder back then.
Imagine investing in real estate in 1990’s and now you don’t have to work.
I can only watch a little at at time, it is too depressing thinking how much we have lost and how far we have fallen. I left Ontario for good last year, grew up there but will never return. In the spring of 1991 we did a big project on Toronto for Geography, 2 day field trip observing the different neighbourhoods. I didn't know then what was going to happen to us, I suppose its that innocence and naivety that is lost that I wish I could get back.
Your being a bit dramatic. What changed?
@@CA-ly7my what you are doing is called gaslighting. It is a trick of abusive, manipulative and passive aggressive people.
@@neilwhitaker6284 I’m genuinely asking what changed. I was born in 2001 so I have no idea what Toronto was like 32 years ago
@@CA-ly7my Now you are lying. If you were genuine asking a question you wouldn't have written "your (sic) being dramatic". You are trying to make a point and debate me. Given you are too young to remember those days I have no interest in debating you and given your lack of manners and rudeness, conversing with you.
@@neilwhitaker6284 thats why born and raised canadians are leaving toronto in droves.. only the masochists and their beloved imports remain.
I loved growing up in Toronto in the 90's. It's just sad to see that it has become a cesspool of condos and unaffordability. Pretty much everything iconic with the exception of the CN Tower and Skydome are gone, and they even tried to get rid of the Skydome too. Thankfully they are choosing to renovate it instead. Memories of my youth and teen years are literally the only thing that keeps me attached to this city because it's definitely not the same.
Amazing, I wish I could back to this Toronto ❤️ brings back childhood/teen memories.
Wow, we had such a great city. I remember all these sites. Do even half of them even exist anymore?
It was a *simpler time before the Internet and social media* eh? 🤩🙌
social media has nothing to do with it.
@@ZeroMass so just internet? 🤔
@@djvelocity Before media, movies, and television shoved mediocrity down our throats, destroyed the middle class alongside greedy politicians and flooded our city with a criminal element en masse. The internet will be what saves us.🍺
"anti-social"media it should be dubbed.
I love Toronto in 2022. I loved it 30 years ago too.
It's still a beautiful city and still the fourth biggest city in North America
@@markjanssens1658 its an overpriced toilet that hasnt seen anything wholesome in 30 years.
You need to have a brain examination. If you think its' better now than it was in 1990. No way in hell.
I was there in the 1990s, I have forgotten how empty the skyline looked
You call a bunch of ugly condos today " a skyline"?
I miss Toronto in the 90’s.
And prior to the 90s just as good if not better.
It's almost sad to see this because this was the last decade that Toronto was really a "nice" place to live. It was such a relaxing and easy going city, even with all the people and traffic, it still was a pleasant place to be. Now its a nightmare and I can't even stand to visit it anymore, even though I spent most of my life in the GTA.
I left in 2011 could see the writing on the wall through about 2007-10. I could see the changes right before my eyes. Left Ontario last year. I understand you, all the best.
@@neilwhitaker6284 No one misses you pal.
Ontario used to be so normal and wholesome. Now it sucks
This is my year, I was born in 1990!!!
This is incredible to see. Been living in Toronto 5 years and amazing to see how little high rises there were
It was great before all the browns arrived
@@farmerjoe8508 💀
imagine working 2 years back then and getting a 4 bedroom.
My God, what happened to my city? Such a beautiful place, now destroyed by politicians and their toxic policies. But, I still have the memories.
Art Eggleton the last decent mayor Toronto had.
LOVE THE CITY! BEEN LIVING NOW HERE FOR 10 YEARS
If you "love" the city clearly you haven't travelled much.
Yes this is the Toronto I know and love! When you could get to a jays game and it didn’t take up most of your day and zero stress parking 😊
Toronto was so clean compared today.
There were no druggies passing out, pissing and shitting all over the place.
No tents occupying parks.
1990-1991 had the highest level of murders and violent crimes in the city’s history when adjusted for population.
@@OldTorontoSeries
1990-1991. You took a snap shot for that years and generalized it for decades.
I’ve no words.
Great skyline because no overpriced shoebox condos, lower crime, less traffic and the clubbing scene in the early to mid 90s were absolute fire.
lol, where are those crime stats from?
Toronto had 89 homicides in 1991, 71 last year, while doubling the population.
@@StormcastMarine Source: He pulled it out of his ass
@@StormcastMarine ppl just wanna be different so bad
@@Wargy16 so you could commit violence against those that don't agree with you, because it won't be on camera? That sounds horrible. Isn't the snowflake the one that is so triggered that violence has to commence? Glad criminals have to be careful today.
@@Wargy16 you tell me what your words mean then?
"If you talked the talk you had to walk the walk"
So 30 years ago, when you didn't like what someone said, something would have happened that can't happen now because now you'll be on camera?
If you're not referring to violence, or other illegal activity, then what are you talking about?
We didn't know it at the time, but this was Toronto's glory days.