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While Torontoist usually shows how the city has been used by movie producers , home-grown small-screen productions have also made ample use of our city's streets since CBLT came on the air in 1952. Back in 1971, comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster used downtown as a backdrop for an exciting new sport, city golf. Over the course of 18 holes, cameramen preserved pieces of the city that development has changed significantly in the ensuing years, from landmarks in their infancy to retail icons that have moved along. Besides, wouldn't shooting a golf ball down Queen Street over lunch hour be a great stress reliever, as long as you don't brain any onlookers? Among the sites to watch out for while viewing this clip (or to skip ahead to if Wayne and Shuster are not your taste): 1:54 : City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, only open for six years at this point. Note the waving spectators on the top ramp. 2:10 : Eaton's Queen Street store. Initially located south of Queen when Timothy Eaton set up shop in 1869, the store moved to 190 Yonge Street in 1883 and gradually expanded to take up the entire block bounded by James to the west and Albert to the north. Company warehouses stretched along neighbouring blocks while a second retail store, the Eaton's Annex, opened at Albert and Yonge. During the mid-20th century, the Queen store was Eaton's mid-range store, with the Annex (destroyed by fire in 1977) catering to bargain hunters and thei ...
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While Torontoist usually shows how the city has been used by movie producers , home-grown small-screen productions have also made ample use of our city's streets since CBLT came on the air in 1952. Back in 1971, comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster used downtown as a backdrop for an exciting new sport, city golf. Over the course of 18 holes, cameramen preserved pieces of the city that development has changed significantly in the ensuing years, from landmarks in their infancy to retail icons that have moved along. Besides, wouldn't shooting a golf ball down Queen Street over lunch hour be a great stress reliever, as long as you don't brain any onlookers? Among the sites to watch out for while viewing this clip (or to skip ahead to if Wayne and Shuster are not your taste): 1:54 : City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, only open for six years at this point. Note the waving spectators on the top ramp. 2:10 : Eaton's Queen Street store. Initially located south of Queen when Timothy Eaton set up shop in 1869, the store moved to 190 Yonge Street in 1883 and gradually expanded to take up the entire block bounded by James to the west and Albert to the north. Company warehouses stretched along neighbouring blocks while a second retail store, the Eaton's Annex, opened at Albert and Yonge. During the mid-20th century, the Queen store was Eaton's mid-range store, with the Annex (destroyed by fire in 1977) catering to bargain hunters and thei ...