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FROM THE MEMORY VAULT
I Celebrated Two Big Birthdays: Canada’s 100th and 150th
Chapter 6: Canucks sure can throw a party
I’ve celebrated Canada’s biggest birthday. Twice. I lived through the centennial year bash when I was five. Then, in June 2017, I was in Toronto with my husband — his first time — and I was delighted to show off the city where I was born. It was all dressed up for Canada’s 150th.
1967: Optimism and innovation in the Space Age
When you read about the Canadian Centennial, you see the word “optimism” used again and again. The zeitgeist of the mid-60’s in Canada was prosperous, contented, future-focused, and innovative. A mood reflected everywhere in the 60s and early 70s, especially the architecture of the day. Like the space-age New City Hall that opened in 1966.
I’ve visited Toronto’s City Hall — they dropped the “New” a few years after it was built — just once or twice in my life. The first time I was there, at my parents’ Canadian citizenship ceremony, the building was newborn, opening just a few months earlier.
