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Originally Posted by trueviking
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Excellent find, Vike..
There's so many things in that film that grab my attention, most notably the varied and interesting streetscape along Portage.
There's no big superblocks yet, no Newport Centre, no Investors Group tower, no Portage Place, no Hydro building..just tiny storefronts.
I love skyscrapers, and all of those buildings that have been built since...but you can't help but to feel that there was more to see at street level back then.
It's also interesting to see that in '66, Broadway wasn't yet a commercial rival to Portage Ave in terms of office space.
In the few shots that are taken from behind the Bay, I can only make out the Monarch Life building (WCB building today)..None of the generic office towers around the convention centre had been built yet.
In fact, I don't think the Convention Centre was even built at the time of filming.