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Mississauga: Transfer City
All photos taken on March 17, 2006.
Taking the bus to Port Credit last month and seeing the state of Hurontario Street as the result of the endless construction made me think how it will change even more after the LRT, and then a few days I rediscover these photos of how it used to be. The street and the neighbourhood where spent most of my childhood and teenage years, even the building where I lived, is all in these photos. Visiting SkyscraperPage and SkyscraperCity and seeing other people's photo threads inspired me to buy my first camera ever in 2004, the 5 megapixel Olympus C-5060 Wide Zoom, and less than a year later I traded it in taking advantage of the rising Canadian dollar and Henry's "Half Back" offer, I got the 7 megapixel version, the C-7070, for only $140. So I was a teenager with a primitive camera and I still didn't know how to use it properly, but I thought it still might be worth trying to salvage these photos. Some photos you may have already seen, but most I have never edited or uploaded before. https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...74618645-6.jpg 4:21 PM: Running through the plaza https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...58505858-6.jpg 4:22 PM: Past the former Copeland General Store, built in 1857 https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...19667661-6.jpg 4:22 PM: Boarding the eastbound 1C Dundas-Collegeway https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751051-6.jpg 4:23 PM: Waiting for a northbound 19/19A/202 https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...55039350-6.jpg 4:25 PM: Boarding the 19A Hurontario-Britannia https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...43616243-6.jpg 4:26 PM: Arrivals of westbound 1 Dundas and 1C Dundas-Collegeway https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1797912674.jpg 4:26 PM: Trying to catch 1/1C, disembarking from 1/1C https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1689994894.jpg 4:26 PM: Crossing south on Dundas Street West at Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...27677459-6.jpg 4:28 PM: Crossing north on Dundas Street West at Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751052-6.jpg 4:31 PM: Waiting to cross Dundas https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751055-6.jpg 4:32 PM: Still waiting and more https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751054-6.jpg 4:32 PM: Crossing south on Dundas Street West at Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...97227478-6.jpg 4:33 PM: In front of Hakim https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1804016867.jpg 4:33 PM: Crossing west with mom on Hurontario at Dundas https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751053-6.jpg 4:36 PM: Stopping at Hurontario too late, crossing Dundas too early https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751079-6.jpg 4:36 PM: Transfer 1/1C/201 and 19/19A/202 both ways https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...41770499-6.jpg 4:38 PM: Hurontario clusterfuck nation https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...02304354-6.jpg 4:43 PM: Going north on Hurontario, waiting at Kirwin https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...76624243-6.jpg 4:45 PM: Passing them by on Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...68339184-6.jpg 4:48 PM: About to cross Dundas... https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751080-6.jpg 4:48 PM: No, wait... https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...20751089-6.jpg 4:50 PM: Crossing south on Dundas Street East at Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...86919169-6.jpg 4:51 PM: Waiting for an eastbound 1/1C/201 https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...42888653-6.jpg 4:52 PM: Southeast corner of Hurontario and Dundas https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...70176168-6.jpg 4:56 PM: Waiting to cross King Street East at Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...77555462-6.jpg 5:04 PM: Go ahead do not block driveway https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1624753926.jpg 5:06 PM: Orange and white x3.5 https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...24772830-6.jpg 5:08 PM: Reading in the plaza https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...36266068-6.jpg 5:11 PM: Boarding the northbound 19 Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...64689983-6.jpg 5:24 PM: Westbound 26 Burnhamthorpe at Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1798743877.jpg 5:27 PM: Northbound 19 Hurontario-Britannia at Robert Speck https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...31981339-6.jpg 5:28 PM: Leaving Square One along Robert Speck https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...71699872-6.jpg 5:31 PM: Waiting to cross City Centre Drive at Robert Speck https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...52647465-6.jpg 5:46 PM: South exit from City Centre Transit Terminal https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...42221004-6.jpg 5:51 PM: Passing by inside the terminal building https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...64742298-6.jpg 5:52 PM: Southbound 19A Hurontario-Britannia depart, 7 Airport layover https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...14729104-6.jpg 5:53 PM: Disembarking from the southbound 19 Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1863691022.jpg 5:55 PM: The new drop-off bay at City Centre Transit Terminal https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...81121333-6.jpg 5:56 PM: Leaving the newly expanded part of the terminal https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1795711894.jpg 6:01 PM: Boarding 9 Streetsville and 10 Bristol-Britannia https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1809073327.jpg 6:03 PM: Transfer from westbound 26 Burnhamthorpe https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...1658522088.jpg 6:04 PM: Boarding the southbound 19 Hurontario https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...31165530-6.jpg 6:11 PM: Waiting for another 10? https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...98643095-6.jpg 6:14 PM: No, the 28 Confederation https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...69613371-6.jpg 6:15 PM: Boarding the 7 Airport https://davidngo.zenfolio.com/img/s/...62937976-6.jpg 6:16 PM: End of rush hour |
Other than the cars, you could've passed this off as present-day
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Phenomenal photos. The most precious memories of my life would be with my grandma walking around square one right around the time these photos were taken. We easily could have walked right by you these days. I miss her so. Wonderful photos thank you so much. These would probably make my mom feel very moved. She grew in mississauga and got her first job as a teen at a newly built square one. She would take the bus from cooksville and tell me she would see farms with cows along hurontario between dundas and square one. Crazy thought now isnt it
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The transportation resources seem to be maxxed out in Missisauga. I go back and don't have any reference points from each time I go there. traffic is insane. I tried to ride my bike.
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I don't know, maybe it's the weather and season,
people don't look sunshiny and happy, they are tired, hasty and not happy. don't like the vibes |
doady hanging around the dystopian bus station is a classic. :cool:
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I think the city realized a bit too late that bikes are essential to keep the city moving. They are having trouble keeping up with the overcrowding on the buses, and the still ongoing LRT construction hasn't helped either. |
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