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Originally Posted by vid
University was built as a wide, tree lined and divided street from the start, and even though it is wide, it is lined with historic buildings. I can't think of any streets in Montreal that were built like that but I'm sure they exist.
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I take it Vid that you've never actually been to University Ave. Beyond Osgoode Hall and Canada Life, across from each other at Queen St., there isn't anything remotely resembling an historic building until you reach Queens Park. It's one of the most boring stretches of street that you'll find anywhere. I don't think that there's a single restaurant, patio or anything to break up the monotony of crapitecture and hospitals between Osgoode Hall and Queens Park, not even a shitty little Tim Horton's. You have to practically run across the street to beat the lights, and the centre median is full of homeless dudes and fountains that haven't worked for 3 years. Not that chilling out between 8 lanes of traffic is a particularly appealing prospect to begin with.
I can't be bothered uploading photos but here are a few quickie results from a "University Avenue Toronto history" search. You're correct about the tree lined and I guess that if "28 feet" in 1930 is to be considered "wide and divided"...
I don't know how this became Toronto vs Montréal because I certainly never intended it to be. Montréal has certainly fucked up as much as Toronto has and maybe more.
Perhaps you Vid should get off your fucking computer and actually go somewhere sometime. You're a smart guy but there's only so much you can learn while sitting on your ass surfing the net. If you haven't experienced something 'live' then really, you have nothing to contribute beyond the same shit that we can all look up on the interweb. I can look up all I want about Istanbul but since I've never been there, I don't actually know fuck all about it. And I never will, unless I see it for myself.
Oh so wide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UniversityAvenueToronto1900s.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U..._from_Queen%27s_Park_to_Bloor_Street.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torontohistory/4660928394/in/photostream/
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