{"id":150286,"date":"2016-05-31T12:23:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=150286"},"modified":"2016-05-31T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:42:42","slug":"see-how-torontos-skyline-has-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/see-how-torontos-skyline-has-changed","title":{"rendered":"See how Toronto\u2019s skyline has changed since the \u201860s in this then-and-now photo tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>Toronto\u2019s residential construction boom of the past several years continues to alter the city\u2019s skyline.<\/p>\n<p>But looking back further, to the 1960s in particular, the change is even more drastic. Then, landmarks like the CN Tower and Rogers Centre, formerly Skydome, didn\u2019t even exist, let alone other more-recent developments like CityPlace, a high-density mixed-use redevelopment of one-time Railway Lands.<\/p>\n<p>As another instalment of BuzzBuzzHome News\u2019 then-and-now series, which also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2016\/01\/torontos-cityplace-then-and-now-photo-tour.html\" target=\"_blank\">CityPlace<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/10\/then-and-now-photo-tour-regent-park.html\" target=\"_blank\">Regent Park<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/09\/then-and-now-photo-tour-mimico-new-toronto.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mimico<\/a>, we\u2019ve lined up historic photos from the City of Toronto archives with James Bombales\u2019 present-day shots.<\/p>\n<h2>Polson Street looking west, 1980s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1008px; height: 630px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then11-e1464637746110.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now1b-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Front Street and Church Street, 1967<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 890px; height: 501px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then22.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now21-1024x575.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Toronto Skyline at night from Riverdale, 1980<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 660px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TandN_Riverdale_11_Then-1024x660.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TandN_Riverdale_11_Now-1024x660.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Park between Rogers Center and CN Tower, 1989-1992<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 985px; height: 616px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then3b.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now3-1024x639.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Leslie Spit, 1970s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 966px; height: 603px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then7b2.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now7b2-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Spadina Bridge looking east, 1969<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 937px; height: 584px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then4.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now4-1024x639.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Looking south from Yonge and College, 1980s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 800px; height: 600px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then5d2.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now5d2.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Bathurst Bridge looking east, 1980s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 907px; height: 565px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then6.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now6-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Toronto skyline from Toronto Island looking north, late 1980s*<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1010px; height: 568px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Then8b.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ThenandNow_Skyline_Now8c-1024x576.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>*Present day photo taken June 2014<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turn back the clock to a time before the CN Tower and Rogers Centre existed, and the TD Tower was the tallest building in 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