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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking
My memories go as far back as the 1980s when I started taking the bus as a teen and paying attention to the cityscape, but the '60s would align with the era of 'urban renewal' that cleared out so much of the city's "decay"  Given the other large parking lots in this part of town -- some of which have only been developed in the fairly recent past -- I wouldn't be surprised if all the old stuff was cleared out around that time. Some of it could have been destroyed by fire too, though I doubt that would have been responsible in many cases.
There must be some historical photos out there. |
The mcmaster aerial maps viewer shows in 1898 that thestretch between Caroline and Hess was not nearly as dense as the north side.
https://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/aer...tos/index.html