Significantly added to the retail footprint of the brand by adding 500 Retail ‘Gallerias’ in collaboration with dealers in 3 years. Times have changed (and in most cases, for the better).The perspective japanese horror. Catherine of Siena, Port Credit Secondary School, Lorne Park Secondary School.Īll in all, it’s a fun look at the city half a century ago. It’s also fun to look at all of the old schools that are still with us: TL Kennedy, St. The video also includes fun footage of old-school plazas, so you can watch people shopping for the perfect lemon at a market that almost certainly is no longer with us. The video also mentions low-cost electricity (heh) from the Ontario hydro system, showing footage of the “four sisters” in Lakeview–a plant that’s been demolished to make way for a brand new neighbourhood that will forever change one of the city’s biggest waterfront areas.ĭid you know it was one of the largest thermal generating stations in the world? Port Credit is also mentioned as a great port for ocean freight.
to ship goods from one country to the other.Īlso, did you know that Mississauga used to have the King’s Highway 5?ĬP and CN rail also make appearances in the video, as do some very old planes landing at Pearson. The narrator was definitely onto something, as Mississauga is home to Canada’s largest airport (which the video does mention) and a vast array of companies that do indeed work closely with the U.S. Interestingly enough, the video calls on industrious individuals to create a plant in the centrally-located town that’s close to a number of big Canadian and U.S. The video also points out that Montreal is just an hour away by air, along with the great city of Cleveland, Ohio.Ī major selling point for the town? It’s close to basically everything that matters (including Detroit). The video also uses the town’s proximity to the “booming steel town of Hamilton” as a major selling point (nothing against the character-laden Hamilton, but it’s incredible to think of how things have changed in half a century). The population, he says, climbed from just 13,000 people after the war to around 107,000 in 1969 (now, it sits at over 800,000).Īccording to the video, from 1959 to 1969, industrial/commercial assessment rose close to $50 million. In the video, the narrator says that the town covers over 70,000 acres. The little cul-de-sacs harken back to a bygone era when we weren’t yet concerned about the troublesome impact unfettered urban sprawl would have on the entire GTA. Instead of sleek condos, the landscape is dotted by sparsely populated roads and vast stretches of greenery. The aerial footage, which is a little grainy and appears to have been taken with a camcorder from a helicopter, is incredibly fun to see. This, the Town of Mississauga in the busy heart of Canada, is a land on the move,” the narrator says. “Now, in the third quarter of the 20th century, a new era has opened in this valley. Residents clean up scene of huge fight at Mississauga Diwali celebration Major road will be moved 10 metres south to make way for new Mississauga transit lineħ must-try dishes at the new IHOP location in Brampton
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