Exciting to see what it was like before it all got paved over!
Compare this shot with Laurier bridge and the Chateau Laurier in the background from 1965:
With this shot from 2005 at the start of the construction of the Corktown Footbridge:
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Quite a bit has changed! More trees, but also more big ugly buildings (plus the U of O's Desmarais building which has gone up since)
Will rail ever make a comeback, I wonder?
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