CN Property In Downton Toronto, 1951
![Black and white vintage aerial photograph. The centre of the photograph shows many railway tracks. The right bottom corner shows a baseball stadium. The left side of the photograph shows many buildings.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/experiences-railway-workers-toronto_personnel-ferroviaire/wp-content/uploads/sites/162/2022/10/X-35872-S_8e08c9d9b59fcfc9f1ae92aedefcea3089b4b683.jpg)
Source: CN Images of Canada Collection, X-35872. Ingenium Digital Archives
Date: 1951
With the popularity of cars in the 1950s and 1960s, the prominence of railways declined. This photograph shows how Toronto’s landscape changed with the railways and later, the automobile.