When this man first made this video it was worthless but now it's priceless

@hardyboy1959

Ай бұрын

@ReligionlessFAITH it was actually shot on a camera like this unit... kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5p-tbCvpNStmZc.htmlsi=V3YcOYmhtGNFOEYC

@OttawaInHD

Ай бұрын

The quality and zoom is impressive. Might be image stabilization too. These clips take us back in time

@villiantwo

Ай бұрын

like stepping into a time machine. i dont go downtown often. when i do it feels like "Back to the Future" lol

@hardyboy1959

Ай бұрын

@@OttawaInHD Thanks, I think the big camera resting on my shoulder helped steady the picture. Personally, I think I did way too much zooming!

@OttawaInHD

Ай бұрын

@@hardyboy1959 no no, I think you did the right amount of zooming, it made things feel closer at the right moments. You zoom out and then we see the bigger picture. Or zoom into the distance. For some reason, the quality of videos these days don’t quite capture the moment and atmosphere like those old cameras.

Was 15 in 1990, and going to Toronto was exciting. 49 now, and going to Toronto is a logistical nightmare.

@jimmynimbus757

Ай бұрын

The first time I had to drive through downtown was horrendous 🤣

@andalilo

Ай бұрын

Hello fellow 1974 person 👋

@nicktronson2977

Ай бұрын

@@richguy66974 the whites

@jimmynimbus757

Ай бұрын

@@richguy66974 unless you are native, Canada ain’t even your real home brother

@cowboywayne35

Ай бұрын

It was a nightmare then too. You just weren't doing the driving.

It’s crazy to see everyone walking looking ahead and not with cell phones in their hands, and the amount of cars has grown exponentially!

I was still just a kid back then, and I cam still remember some of these vistas. Born and raised more or less everywhere this video showcased. I've moved out to Scarborough now, and I don't dare go downtown unless I really have no choice.

His Tshirt cut way down under arms. His mullet! And moustache! "This Bud's for You" girl. No air- conditioning on streetcar. Old muscle cars and gas-guzzlers. Old red and cream streetcars. My favourite. SAM the record man! 1980's geometric patterns on clothes in bright colours. NOBODY is on their cell phone! Everyone is calmer because of it. City Hall looks the same. NO Toronto sign. Good videography work. Nice eye. Love the closeup/zoom out shots. Great montage of the relief/statues of underclad men on the old Bank of Nova Scotia building. Thanks for sharing.

@ezpzlemonsqz

29 күн бұрын

Cell phones absolutely destroyed the fabric of society, everyone with an iPhone in their hands is when everything really started to change for the worse

@avinash.h2

28 күн бұрын

Good eye!

@hurricanestarang

27 күн бұрын

​@@ezpzlemonsqzI was just about to make this reply..... Looking at the kids these days, smart phones really could be the beginning of the end

@margaretr5701

6 күн бұрын

@@hurricanestarang Yes, internet is great, the problems started when it moved into people's back pocket.

@montyjay8726

Күн бұрын

No gimmigrants and shittigrant paper Canadians either so great.

I was born in Regent Park 1960. Lived and worked downtown at the Eaton Center and Commerce Court until I was 40 and then able to move to a warmer climate. This video brings back soooo many happy memories. I know Toronto has changed but I still try to visit every few years and always love the energy. I’ll be back in a couple of months and looking forward to seeing the old neighborhoods and the new changes. It’s a fabulous city ❤

@JDavidMcGregor

26 күн бұрын

I was born in Regent in 1982 and both my parents were born there in the mid-50's. This video is a refreshing walk through my childhood.

@koldzurk1903

22 күн бұрын

Northside!!

@thatsgangst6026

12 күн бұрын

It’s changed more since the last time you left than any other time you left. It’s actually a Punjabi city now. Even small towns in Ontario are fully Indian now.

@koldzurk1903

6 күн бұрын

@@thatsgangst6026 a white racist? How typical. That's the Toronto I know. Show your true colours u dirty inbred hick. Dont u have ur sister to touch when then Indians get on your nerves. I know just stay commenting online. Keep ya mouth shut like the rest of yall do in public. Bitch made soft ass pigskin ppl.

I can’t make myself watch this. Couldn’t bear to see how Toronto once was when I used to go on heritage walks. It’s unrecognizable now.

@HealthWealth-sy2jq

Ай бұрын

I feel the exact same way. I couldn’t bear to watch it either. I’m so sad 😞

@clairecarscallen2925

Ай бұрын

@@HealthWealth-sy2jq I can’t even bear to ride on the subways and buses now. I feel completely out of place, as if I woke up in another country or two or three…

@liamneslind5708

Ай бұрын

Its simple go to Moscow. Its even better than old Toronto

@HealthWealth-sy2jq

Ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@clairecarscallen2925SAME! I avoid subways too. Totally feels like another country. Ie. India etc 😢

@HealthWealth-sy2jq

Ай бұрын

@@liamneslind5708you’re right!

Wow, a first hand glimps into a world with no cell phones and everyone is actually living life.

@JJoa74

23 күн бұрын

Back when products were built to last. Now we have phones that only give us two years.

@montyjay8726

Күн бұрын

No gimmigrants, shittigrants an paper Canadians either so great.

My parents ran a business near Yonge and Bloor, I was 10 years old and roaming freely during this hot summer. Exploring and going into all the stores. What a great time to grow up in this city.

@shanthi624

Жыл бұрын

Bro I was doing this only ten years after you haha

@tarotbyamber7233

Жыл бұрын

Great city and so close to America

@KingoftheRoad-2023

Жыл бұрын

Ah the days before Shania Twain got famous.If she walked these streets then-no one would have any idea who she was

It's crazy to admit it but looking back, Toronto was so much better back then.

@AndreasDuessca

22 күн бұрын

Toronto was a giant parking lot

@arizona6471

9 күн бұрын

So much more white

@krisburgess2857

4 күн бұрын

@@arizona6471and what’s your point nazi oh because now Toronto is way more multicultural witch I think is a good thing

@montyjay8726

Күн бұрын

No gimmigrants and shittigrant paper Canadians either so great.

Anyone else remember the Skydome? Way better name IMO. It's so weird to think I could see my dad as a young man passing by on these streets.

@fullsendtictic

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing about my dad man! Shit maybe they were friends haha

@CDN1975

Ай бұрын

I still call it the Skydome. It will always be Skydome.

@fullsendtictic

Ай бұрын

@@CDN1975 Im still calling the SBA the Air Canada center lol

@thebunn

Ай бұрын

Everybody I know still calls it the skydome..

@driftmaniac689

23 күн бұрын

Rogers Center

Everything about this video oozes nostalgia including your buddy's "I only do biceps and bench press" physique. Thanks for sharing this absolute gem.

@RByrne

10 күн бұрын

Yeah. He's gonna wanna be doing squats if he's going to Church st.

As someone born in this city, and still here.. this was the most depressing thing i've watched in a long time.

@ytbytb8103

Ай бұрын

why?

@justinmassey7651

Ай бұрын

Because the city used to be nice. Now it's a piece of shit.

@edbernardmusic3599

Ай бұрын

@@justinmassey7651 I couldn't agree more. I grew up in Toronto and it's unrecognizable now. Tragic. I escaped up north but can't help thinking the time for retreating is over.

@firstchoiceautonb5400

Ай бұрын

Word same

@Jaybou9

Ай бұрын

Same in MTL, nightmare - but didn't use to be that way ... sad times

Got a tear in my eyes I grew up Toronto during the 90’s I was a child and the fond times I had in this beautiful city seem like a distant memory. How this province has changed

@jahnwishart-ly6ov

17 күн бұрын

Thanks Doug Ford and the international scam schools like Conestoga "College". John Tibbits is a profiteering ne'er do well.

@krisburgess2857

4 күн бұрын

Oh bo the f ho it is only because Toronto is not has white has it used to be it is now a multicultural city witch I think is a good thing for the city to be this way it shows how open minded the city is

Considering how unstable personal video cameras were in the early 90s, this guy has some pretty steady shots!

@grandanalog4959

14 күн бұрын

Was thinking the same .. most of this looks like those live shots before a commercial on CityTV

@EllawoodBlues

14 күн бұрын

​@@grandanalog4959This is City TV... Everywhere

@hardyboy1959

13 күн бұрын

The early camcorders were big enough to balance the weight on the shoulder, it helped stabilize the shot!

@abdulkornes3088

10 күн бұрын

looks like a shoulder mounted.

I'm pretty sure that's me reading a book/play on that packed bus. Thanks for posting. It makes me nostalgic for living in Toronto. ❤

WOW! Things seemed so civil compared to today. I wish I could go back to those days. The lack of cell phones is very refreshing.

@winterwaifu404

Ай бұрын

lack of other things too

@shaunpierre

Ай бұрын

So was the thick brown smog during summer

@EK-tl6es

Ай бұрын

@@shaunpierre Now it's brown all the time.

@carterpewderschmitgaming

Ай бұрын

Lack of browns also helped

@TwistLosi

26 күн бұрын

Smart phones and mass immigration is completely destroying Western countries as planned.

I remember the summer of 1990 like it was yesterday. Good times 😌

@vantastroganoff4370

3 жыл бұрын

I was free In Vancouver with many girlfriends Come back to Toronto with bc weed no one want it too sticky hydro I met this actress lenore zahn at bamboo club Holy f .she now NDP Nova scotia. Then i venture to south beach Debauchery and sin Models & parties Thank god when you cross border Wow America aint canada Now 4 bedroom 4 cats and bored aint life wonderful 🖤🇨🇦 be good toronto 90-92 was good tlmes

@flexoffender7124

2 жыл бұрын

@@vantastroganoff4370 are you stupid?

@sambotros1918

2 жыл бұрын

@@vantastroganoff4370 kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4thw6yOY5mTfag.html

@TheReplayVault606

Жыл бұрын

Old fart

@dukehalliday9833

Жыл бұрын

I Was Living In Mississauga During This Summer

This is crazy! I live in PEI, grew up in that section of T.o and am watching this in 2024

I was in the 9th grade, and lived in Etobicoke. My friends and I would go downtown on the weekends and window shop and eat food. Man I miss those days!

@sda9995

4 жыл бұрын

I live in Etobicoke & it's bad now 😥

@sda9995

4 жыл бұрын

@turd Ferguson Where I live people are killing each other sad😪 every two days someone gets hurt & mostly teenagers

@royghosn18

4 жыл бұрын

turd Ferguson yeah diversity is good but to an extent people here don’t even have patriotism or care about Canada because they all came from somewhere else

@greatunz67

2 жыл бұрын

@@sda9995 it's all teenagers from one particular culture though. It's all part and parcel with woke culture cancelling police and that culture raising their kids to not respect police or society's rules.

@Booze129

Жыл бұрын

You were smoking pot and got stoned

I have been to Toronto very very few days in my life but this day was one of them, a moment in time when I graduated from high school and went to join my friend Tammy who had run away from our insane boarding school. Bought a pair of thigh high boots at Master John that trip haha, they got a lot of use but no, I don’t still have them. This really brings me back showing up in my feed the night I decided the time has come, far past due, to write this story. Also beside this video in the feed, George Michael’s Freedom 90, urging me to purge my memory, as it has always been part of it all, and freedom the ultimate climax. The story and accompanying soundtrack have been written in my head for 34 years now, time to release the demons. Hope you can see the movie someday. 🍿 🎥 🎦

@TanyaKatherine

20 күн бұрын

That was amazing to read. Please write novels! Or screenplays. You have an eye for capturing narrative.

When living in Canada was affordable.

@firstchoiceautonb5400

Ай бұрын

It was affordable before Covid ended in thr Maritimes. Not so much now. Halifax is unreal out of no where. Moncton. All thousands in rent. Thousands and full of homeless we never had tents before had to go to a big place like Vancouver to see that shit.

@tonybaloney8401

Ай бұрын

When it was still Canada, and not india 2.0

@CovntFapula-uc1gl

Ай бұрын

Or africa

@T3XACAN0

Ай бұрын

@@CovntFapula-uc1gl???

@cia9419

Ай бұрын

When the world was affordable

No idea why this popped up in my feed today but I’m so happy it did. Thank you for posting this all those years ago so that it could eventually make its way to me and give me all the best memories of walking/driving around that city as a young boy with my dad before and after games at Maple Leaf Gardens. I still remember the first lesson my dad ever taught me about Toronto, he said - “If by some chance you’re ever hit by a car in the city, just walk it off if you can, because chances are you’re only gonna end up getting in a fight anyway for making whoever hit you late for work“ 😂😂 He always was one for the advice. I remember him also saying “If you’re just walking down the streets here don’t always be looking up because you’ll look like a tourist and will be treated like one” lol. Advice I still employ to this day. I still don’t get hit by cars so as not to inconvenience the other driver 😋

I remember this day. I was on the streetcar and saw that guy videoing the gold building and thought - “I will never see what that man is filming”. I had to deal with that fact for over thirty years. Now I know. Thank you for posting. Wow Toronto sure has changed! Go leafs.

@torink8229

2 ай бұрын

small world

@k_DAN

2 ай бұрын

Now do you want to hear a real unbelievable story ? A couple of years ago, I found a photo of myself, that had been uploaded and posted on YT in around 2011. A guy was on holidays in Toronto in 1977, ( I think he was from Holland) and was taking pictures on Yonge St. He captured a pic of me in my favourite pinball arcade. And like 45 years later, I found the picture of myself on YT. Sometimes the internet can be mindblowing.

@JayJr.

Ай бұрын

@@k_DAN Wow, that is neat!

@Qaranwadani1993

Ай бұрын

@@k_DAN that's crazy lol

@staytruefoundation3768

Ай бұрын

This is literally the definition of quantum entanglement .. wow!

Toronto has sure changed, hasn't it! Everywhere you go now, nothing is recognizable. I'll be honest, I don't like, too many places have been torn down. All the places I used to go to when I was young, gone, just gone, there's no memories left of the city. Our historical buildings are demolished for condos, restaurants, clothes stores. Not the city I grew up in, it's very sad!

@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and no condos going up everywhere and driving up the cost of living in the city!

@404notfound.....

3 жыл бұрын

Very true!

@tuxjunkie

3 жыл бұрын

Moved there in 1987 and gtfo in 2007. What a shit hole it is now.

@ericdouglas7039

3 жыл бұрын

I remember when Honest Eds closed down, that was a tragedy. At the rate Toronto is going the only historical sites that will be left is Kensington Market and Casa Loma

@keironforbes9512

3 жыл бұрын

@@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue I know. But Toronto has to evolve.

They can jack up the rents, gentrify the neighbourhoods in the seemingly unending quest to be more 'New York' but this, this is when Toronto truly shared a soul with New York City and I feel blessed to have lived in that time and remember it well!!

Something you wouldn't hear today: "I'll be home in eight days... when I get there, you'll see this, when you see this, I'll be there."

Quite a few people in my life passed away just after this video was made. God, I wish they were all still with us.

OMG! This makes me want to cry...

These old clips are always so fascinating

@honeybdream

Ай бұрын

Feels like time travel!

Man I was born June 14 1990 in Toronto and Toronto totally different now. I'll be 34 in June😂. Just seeing this video shows you a blast from the past

@kul793

Ай бұрын

Wow that's amazing! I remember that day, it was the birthday of a pretty blonde I dated. We went bar hopping, drinking on patios in the King & John area. So many great memories from that summer.

@billhandley943

Ай бұрын

Me too, except I was 25 when this was filmed

@victorchen9170

Ай бұрын

You mean nothings changed 😂

@leftistfactchecker7672

Ай бұрын

@@victorchen9170 If you don't know why are you commenting?

@victorchen9170

Ай бұрын

@@leftistfactchecker7672 ?

Ahh Yonge street, my old stomping grounds, with it's arcades, Sam, head shops, and so much fun. I moved to the west coast by '90, but I would visit and it looked like this during the 80's as well. I don't wanna be a downer, but it's such a sewer these days, a waste of space, a shadow of it's former glory. Yonge and Dundas especially...ugh. It's all gone or slapped together in a way that doesn't make sense, but memories, photos and home movies of the real deal remain. Thank you!

@AEM479

Ай бұрын

Sam!!!!! ❤❤❤ So cool…. 😢😢😢😢 I know everyone misses the past, but it’s so true, I miss the 90’s (What a bummer, there’s no emoji of a Record for Sam the Record Man!!!)

I was 19 yrs old then. Toronto is unrecognizable now. Same with Burlington where I grew up. There was a lot more breathing room in 1990, that's for sure.

@dmitripogosian5084

Ай бұрын

I don't know, I came to Toronto in 1993, it was very much as on this video. Every time I come now, I do not feel it changed that much, especially if you got a bit away from downtown. Of course 30 years did not pass for nothing ....

@Azsunes

Ай бұрын

Grew up in Pickering remembering going to the Ajax theatre. It was just in the middle of farmer fields. Now it it is surrounded by Costco, Walmart, Canadian Tire a bunch of other stores and housing. The area I grew up in still feels the same, any time I drive by it.

@NegatingSilence

Ай бұрын

@@dmitripogosian5084 "Every time I come now" - So you don't live here now, which is why you don't see how much it's changed.

@mrveritas700

Ай бұрын

Downtown before it became Browntown...

@connorthomas2667

Ай бұрын

@@mrveritas700 i know right west toronto is indian north is asian and east is mixed and centre is everything combined now

The month I graduated high school over in Ajax. When I was young I was filled with the possibility and couldn't wait until future 10 years 20 years and here we are 34 years later and all I want to do is go back to the 1970s and 80s💕

Oh how I miss old Toronto. We moved here from Europe in 86' and never looked back. I love this city. Just after 1:38 minutes you can see a terrifying billboard of Joseph Bloor. Lol, thank you for posting this!

@renata-tsekhanovetskaya

Ай бұрын

poland i assume?:)

I moved to Toronto in September '89 and honestly Toronto was AMAZING in the 90s...not so much now 😒

@vantastroganoff4370

3 жыл бұрын

Cool place back then Longest away 2000 4 million in 5 years on down i could not travel

@W1DN173

3 жыл бұрын

@@vantastroganoff4370 sorry I don't speak methanese 😒

@LHRTW

11 ай бұрын

@@W1DN173it was the worst time. Best time was pre Columbus

@Blakbox92

7 ай бұрын

Disagree, love Toronto today, seems just as vibrant as it was back in 1990.

@SameBasicRiff

Ай бұрын

@@LHRTW Cope harder ya poor

Born & raised there. Used to play floor hockey in the stairwells in the Maple Leaf Gardens. Lived in the beaches in the 80’s. Good times there. Moved to the US in 1996 & have never looked back. Could never move back to Toronto, as what made it great is gone. All my relatives moved away to get out of that condo maze & traffic disaster.

@dunweyweydum

Ай бұрын

Must've walked that boardwalk countless times

Construction is all you see and hear. Nothing has changed.

@fdannn6926

6 жыл бұрын

0:44 - A TTC Street Car full of 100% whites. 2018 its 90% brown/black.

@moeanthony9308

5 жыл бұрын

F Dannn And your point is?

@vicenzinu3668

4 жыл бұрын

@@moeanthony9308 it's a s#!t hole now

@moeanthony9308

4 жыл бұрын

@@vicenzinu3668 then move son

@thethreatwrestling.7053

3 жыл бұрын

Means Toronto is a very progressive City. I went in 2019 and you can see the evolution, improvements and now has a global city status. Toronto is an example of growth and progress for so many countries.

I love how that drilling sound everywhere was already going back then lol

My TV is now the same size as the Cineplex Theatre screens at the Eaton Centre.

@petegrusky2715

Ай бұрын

🤣 I remember that, sitting in otherwise empty cinema, watching some crap movie, but it was fun.

Toronto was great back in the days. I truly miss it. Thank you for sharing this video. Brings a lot of memories.

the toronto i miss so much

I think what’s most impressive is that the majority of the buildings I find most iconic about downtown Toronto and its financial district were already built here. Feels like for the most part the buildings that came up since don’t have as much character.

The real Toronto.....so raw and vibrant

2050 is closer than 1990......

@Woo9622

2 жыл бұрын

that hit different

@vm99125

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, I feel like I'm old already at twenty

@good_teanice_house6789

2 жыл бұрын

@@vm99125 I’m twice your age buddy…lol I feel young 3 out of 7 days a week. 😉

@randomname9758

2 жыл бұрын

😳😳😳😳😳

@robertpeter3550

Ай бұрын

2050 the world will be gone. Thank goodness.

I wasn't born yet, and I've never been to Canada in my life, but this video makes me nostalgic.

@georgehenry76

Жыл бұрын

I was 14 and running around in those streets at the time lol

@dukehalliday9833

Жыл бұрын

I Was 14 I Turned 15 In August 1990.

@andalilo

Ай бұрын

I had turned 16 a week prior. What great times 😊

@TigerG531

Ай бұрын

😂

Wow, this is my favorite video ❤ it's crazy how things changed over so many years ... I was born and raised in Toronto ontario. I was 1 year's old when u were traveling there...the fashion the old school cars even the cop cars I loved seeing it all ❤

Look at how little traffic there is on the street then vs now. I lived a 45 minute walk east of there just off Queen E. God how I wish I could visit those days again

Much better times....

@hal7112

Ай бұрын

Ever since you left

@ryline666

Ай бұрын

@@hal7112 rdrr - Still here, dingleberry hal

@stevie1748

Ай бұрын

@@ryline666 "it's David Perry" 🤣🤣🤣

@ryline666

Ай бұрын

@@stevie1748 Nice

@stefanfreestylez

Ай бұрын

Well there was a recession then but people were in generally a better position of living regardless.

1990.. what a beautiful time. This guy is a comedian and he doesn't even know it! On a seperate note, I wasn't even conceived yet.. Still floating in my one of my dad's dingleberry. But also an unfortunate time, 1990 was the start of Canada's most recent economic recession and real estate crash. If only you could time travel.

Thank you for posting this Brian, this is the Toronto,and Yonge street I remember, and always will. I was born and raised right in the downtown core and still reside here, but it's not the same anymore and a shame what this wonderful city has become. I remember going to Baskin Robbins, and Licks burgers when they were side by side at Yonge and Dundas with my mother and siblings. If it wasn't for your video I could only picture it in my head which I do and always will because it was one of the best times and some of my greatest memories ever. Thanks again. It's very much appreciated.

I took off from Rio de Janeiro to Toronto on June 14, 1987, three years to the day this video was filmed. I flew CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air Lines), which no longer exists. Precious memories!

@hardyboy1959

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! you might enjoy a video I shot at YYZ a month before you flew... kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZxmmNOqkamtobA.htmlsi=H4Y8FQOC-wFIMWbW

@JayJr.

Ай бұрын

@@hardyboy1959 Wow...a month to day before I landed in Toronto. The jets with the white circle and the Maple Leaf in the middle are from CP Air. Exactly how I remember. Thanks for the memories!

What a treasure trove., holy crap. I wish I had shot videos of Toronto when I was a young kid.

@sda9995

4 жыл бұрын

Right no cellphone back then

@sambotros1918

2 жыл бұрын

@@sda9995 kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4thw6yOY5mTfag.html

Wow downtown really had a huge change since then!! Yonge & dundas i cant believe it.

@1984potionlover

2 жыл бұрын

Yes... Now it looks like an attempt at looking like an American city ...

@NationalismDjazair

2 жыл бұрын

@Dazz 416 lmfao stop, Canada looks exactly like the usa, there is nothing british in Canada left

@NationalismDjazair

2 жыл бұрын

@Dazz 416 btw toronto ugly af, got nothing on beautiful chicago

@HarmanPremiumYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@NationalismDjazair lol chicago, out of all the cities that are actually better looking than toronto.. you picked a toronto clone

@NationalismDjazair

2 жыл бұрын

@@HarmanPremiumYT Toronto clone? Tf? Have u seen Chicago 1920s architecture my guy? The home of the skycraper with a beautiful river in it, meanwhile, toronto be looking like shanghai with all those soviet looking condos lmao

Spectacular video great job

It was like I was walking with you guys back in time. Seeing the old familiar places that are long gone now. I remember having dinner w my best friend on Xmas eve bc our families were such messes we didn’t want to be w them. It was at the Licks Hamburgers across from the Eaton Centre, where Yonge Dundas Srq stands today. Such a lot to recall & take in from those days. It’s a privilege to be able to see these things again

Never ever forget what they took from us. "They don't look happy to be on that bus". They had no idea what would be ripped away from them and would gladly go back to that bus.

@hurricanestarang

23 күн бұрын

I was this kid in highschool.. I had my little red mp3 player, held about 15-20 songs, and I would bus home for years during highschool, just zoning out to the playlists I'd make for myself.. that's why the art industry isn't what it used to be, nobody take their time with anything anymore, everything's rushed..

@anonanon7235

21 күн бұрын

@@hurricanestarang You're still too young. back in the 80s and 90s, it was walkmans, and disc players. MP3's came much later kid.

@hurricanestarang

21 күн бұрын

@@anonanon7235 okay grandpa

@TactDB

21 күн бұрын

@@anonanon7235 Man that's nothing. I used to have a bard follow me around playing tunes and would use homing pigeons to send out texts. You kids these days

I miss these times so much

The mullet pony. A rare sight.

So weird seeing the city I was born in, know and love just a few years before my birth. It's so familiar and yet so foreign.

11:10 was so trippy. Kinda made me feel like this is when architecture started becoming “mass-produced” and looking all the same. Specifically office buildings.

I remember that version of Toronto fondly, but it's easy to look back with rose-tinted glasses. I'm not saying today is better or worse, but we have to move on with the times and make tomorrow better for future Torontonians.

I was 10... back then Toronto was so much fun to visit. Now I dread every single drive through the hell of glass and concrete. People walking down the streets not afraid for their lives while now even your car isn't going to protect you from the violence. I miss old Canada... now I just want to move away as far as I can.

Amazing how much has changed i really miss Toronto 😢

The great days when Toronto was a safe place to be and enjoy yourself with family and friends. 😢 I miss these days and how Toronto used to look. 😔 what happened to us Toronto?💔😩

@evanw4059

Ай бұрын

mass immigration happened 😂

@cherisallen

Ай бұрын

@@evanw4059 definitely 😁

@andalilo

Ай бұрын

It’s not that bad today, cmon

@themodfather9382

Ай бұрын

Whole world's been destroyed dude

@sunnywiderman

Ай бұрын

@@evanw4059 Funny. The multiculturalism is my very favourite thing about Toronto. Different foods, music, art, perspectives -- the traffic is terrible, but those things are great, IMO.

I remember that seagull at 9:43. I met him the other day and said would you stop hangin out at city hall and staking at people's food leftovers? He didn't have much to say. In his heart he knew what he was doing is wrong and that's why he quickly flew away.

@7wolfman78

Ай бұрын

I hope you and that seagull are doing well 😬

@alisonsmyth7536

Ай бұрын

🤣👍🏻

@cuphog2852

10 күн бұрын

indian?

It was such a different city back then. I think I was around 14 in 1990 and remember Toronto back then. There's lots of great stuff about the city now but there is so much I miss about Toronto from back in the late 80's and early 90's.

What a time capsule❤

@honeybdream

Ай бұрын

Absolutely!

What a lovely video!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Toronto was lovely in the 90s. Simpler. All good 👍 Still beautiful 🎉🎉🎉

@stevenchow408

Ай бұрын

Hamilton the new toronto

Its changed so much downtown. I hardly recognized the Gardener Expressway travelling eastbound to Jarvis. It almost looks like a different city compared to 10 years ago.

A blast from the past

This was awesome to watch

I miss those old Toronto Police cruisers. They were amazing to see on the streets. Wish they were still around.

Dude, I miss the arcades on Yonge...just north of Dundas.

I am giggling of nostalgia, thank you for sharing

Good one boys! Around that time, me and the wife were in these areas every week. Go out for dinner, we saw the Phantom, etc. We lived in Brampton for decades. It was our date night, to head to Toronto. Thanks for this!

What a GEM of a video!! Thanks for uploading.

I used to take that crowded streetcar on Queen Street and transfer onto the Trolleybus at Bay Street to go to school with my older brother. I was only 8 years old when this was taken but it brought back memories of being a kid growing up in the "Big Smoke" like it was yesterday. Loved this video, thanks for posting it.

I miss walking around Toronto at all times of day and night, such a cool city to explore tbh

Those were the best years 80s and 90s What happened to our beautiful Country?? 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

@ytbytb8103

Ай бұрын

sad. As a new comer landed in 2019, I couldn't even recognize. So many changes job market, Indian, house affordability, international competitivity. Now I even barely see people who speak English on streets.

@edbernardmusic3599

Ай бұрын

Trudeau Sr. started it and his idiot stepchild is trying to finish it off.

@tonybaloney8401

Ай бұрын

Mass immigration

@ninjastar4076

Ай бұрын

​@ytbytb8103 good, fuck the colonizers

@thomasanderson5929

Ай бұрын

Indians flooded all of Canada and shit on our diversity. Theyve completely destroyed the country.

Wow it's been close to 34 years since this video was shot! I lived in Regent Park at the time. Traffic has gotten much worse over the years. As a teen I frequented the Eaton Centre, Sam the Record Man, A&A and Sunrise Records, the Head Shops. As an adult I try to avoid downtown T.O. Thanks for posting. Cheers Brian and Alex!

That was a great time in Toronto

This was the best video I have watched in a long time. Thanks very much for sharing.

Amazing.. Thank you.

I was living in TO then...Single parent, country girl from Muskoka, scared to death(yes even after four years and a four year old) and hating the city for not being like "home". Looking back now, on what we had then...shame we never appreciate "the Now" that we have at the moment, until it's gone. Hands up if you'd take a trip back to 1990 Toronto, over living there today. Pre-so many things. Maybe just press "Pause" for a bit there...pre-covid, pre-trump, pre-9-11. Woke, pc, and cancel meant different things. Not that everything was wonderful, but people weren't so bubble wrapped or so uptight... People still looked around at their surroundings, did not have conversations with the air, or their hand unless they were having an "episode of some sort", and swiping also meant something different and probably illegal or in the grey zone. Thank you for uploading this. It's good to see places back from when I was half my age. :)

@kenlompart9905

2 жыл бұрын

Where in the city did you live?

@Rustycrawler

Жыл бұрын

Yeah….. I sure miss Trump.

@itaintobeezy

Ай бұрын

Pre Toronto being full of 3rd worlders

Miss those days, When things made sense.

@Netherscorn

Ай бұрын

Exactly the comment I was about to make! ...I think the last Good Times were around the late 90's.

@raczyk

Ай бұрын

​@Netherscorn wonder what the next generation will choose as "made sense".

@user72974

25 күн бұрын

@@raczyk As a millennial, "when things made sense" was when everyone had a phone so they could be easily reached but the phones didn't have the internet on them. It's hard to find more stuff to be angry at though tbh because as a gay person, I remember going from having to hide myself to basically forgetting I'm gay because of how much of a non-issue it is these days. I try not to be too cranky overall as I see "kids these days" become unrecognizable with their new slang and humour. Times change, I need to accept that too.

OMG - we are GUSHING watching this - wow - so amazing - I was living and working in the area at the time - as a teenager. This is brilliant thanks for sharing it - the guy is adorable as well

These were some good times.

I was a 15 year old club kid during this time RPM, focus, inner city etc Never went through the rocker stage lol house music, rap, hip hop,reggae. Hung out at Eaton Center. The underground Yonge and Gould With a large large group of us from around Toronto. Had the best times back then. Thank you ❤❤

@BrentRodg3rs

Ай бұрын

Focus! With the Sarasoda coolers! Many weekends at Focus, RPM, Whiskey - so much fun.

Toronto is unrecognizable now

@Kinnr_

Ай бұрын

and it smells like B.O.

Clean, no honking, decent, No trash, drugy, crazy drivers ... .real life

My mum would've been a high school junior growing up in Jane and Finch around this time! Crazy to see how much Toronto has changed over the years. Thanks for sharing!

From 1983-1997, we were downtown and in Toronto constantly. 1997 afterwards life started to change and it seemed like the Toronto I knew did too. Great video.

Good old days live half my life in Toronto now moving to Calgary

I don’t care what anyone says . I have Lived here 30 years . Love it . Unlike small towns across the province things are always changing . So much to document and see . This actually proves it .

Thank you for posting this. Makes me realize how much we've changed... But also how we haven't changed at all. Post-P Toronto needs love.

Watched TO change so much since the 60s. Completely different city now. Fun fact still waiting for another Stanley Cup in 2021. I was 8 when they won in 67. LOL. 🇨🇦🍺🍺🥅🏒

im only 19, but i can tell clear as day this was definitely some golden years of our city.

@maiqtheliar3502

Ай бұрын

Everyone I’ve spoken to who lived in Toronto in the 90s has said that the city has become unrecognizable

@tonybaloney8401

Ай бұрын

​@@maiqtheliar3502that's what mass immigration gets you

It’s so different, yet I can still recognize the places in Yonge and Dundas. Very interesting

this is nice to see. makes me wish i could show people what the urban scene was like in toronto back then.. lots of style and diversity. way more natural girls too