Adelaide was widened in the late 1980 - early 1990s, the new Adelaide bridge was completed in 1985, and the road widened southwards. AFAIK there was never any mass expropriation, but was widened from the centre out, thats why Adelaide homes have almost no frontyard. In retrospect would've been better, the houses on Adelaide between Hamilton & Thompson are complete shitholes, selling under $100k.
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Originally Posted by manny_santos
My memory might be fuzzy on this, but didn't the City expropriate all of the homes and businesses along at least one side of Adelaide Street between Hamilton and Thompson Roads back around 1997 to widen the street to four lanes? No dwellings were demolished as I recall but if my memory serves me right some people (or everyone) had to vacate, and then the properties were re-sold by the city after the fact?
On that note, I still can't believe Adelaide was only two lanes between Hamilton and Thompson in my lifetime.
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