Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Old Toronto: Where Are The Towers


This isn't our area, but when I saw this 1975 picture of the CN Tower and environs west,
one thing popped out at me right away: no towers.
It's sometimes hard to remember that our southern bits weren't always covered in towers of glass and concrete.
After all, the original condominium act was proclaimed in Ontario in 1967, followed by a 1979 version and today's act, which came into being in 1998.
Condos were slow to take off, but when they did... wow.
I love that condominiums offer an affordable, singleton friendly step into the housing market in this burning-hot real estate town, but I do confess that I sometimes miss this sort of view. Not exactly bucolic, but less big-city.
Can't have it both ways, though!
Cheers,
Vanessa

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