City Hall Loop

City Hall Loop (Albert Street looking east from Bay) in July 1966. Old City Hall hasn’t been cleaned off yet (if Eaton’s had had their original way, it would have been demolished for a shopping centre). The Eaton Budget Store is on the north side of Albert where the Bell Canada building is now, and you can see straight through to Yonge because the Eaton Centre isn’t in the way yet.

Just in front of the streetcar is the remnant of track that ran through what is now New City Hall to reach the Elizabeth Street connection to Dundas. The rest of City Hall Loop was made up of Louisa Street (eastbound, now vanished under redevelopment) and James Street (southbound).

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