1920s Saint John Tourism Video 

Jason Daigle Great story!

Instablaster...

and Upper Canada

Exactly right! Before Saint John was destroyed by the irving regime ....

@Darius Azariah I do not, in fact, give a damn.

Unions and sending factory's to China was the end of Saint john and many other city's in North America.

You obviously haven’t been uptown in awhile

Greg Mazerolle we are still stuck in our ways. Things have been happening but slowly

it's just not one of the poorest cities in canada why are u saying that

Upper Canada killed Saint John

Alexander Stone where in Ontario r u from??

@@espnluver7525 Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Compadré.

And I have since learned not to call it "St.John" hahah.

@@AlexanderStonehow are you liking it here? I am from Rothesay but am in SAINT JOHN all of the time.

@@gixerson8212 Hey Amigo! I have mixed feelings. I had a great start, started a good band, played some gigs, recorded an album, got to know the history, and then the war with Ukraine broke out and I spoke against against Canada funding, arming, and training Neo-N@zis in Ukraine and got banned from playing shows here, cancelled by everyone I met, blocked, deleted, all because one 24 hour news cycle made Canadians Russiaphobes. I own a place on Douglas Avenue though, so I can't complain about that! Went from shack life to mansion life at the cost of what a shack sells for in Ontario!

I lived at 7 Mecklenburg 1966-1970!

The lords that have kept NB as a have-not province.

That’s what I was just thinking

Back in the early to mid-80's, my dad and a handful of very capable men got together and came up with a great plan to do just that. They proposed building a replica streetcar to run back and forth on Water St. Despite their collective capabilities & concerted efforts, and after many frustrating & unsuccessful presentations to SJ-PAC where they were both stifled & hogtied with very typical SJ unenthusiastic life-sucking demands & bureaucracy, they finally just gave up and went away. I can still remember dad's initial enthusiasm being eroded away after many months of fruitless hard work being rejected time and again. What a crying shame. Now the knowledge and capability to do such a thing has long ago died off. Just imagine if they had been successful, esp with today's cruise ships. That one torpedoed project alone could have sparked so many others, and how much better off would SJNB be today? Sadly, we will never know. SJ City Hall has (through the ages) consistently been the ruination of SJNB. Their routine behavior of shamelessly chasing one project away after another, is for one unforgivable, and for another, a total disgrace. I know because I've witnessed it first hand.

I agree, beautiful then, beautiful now.

Said no one ever!

DomeCitySandman home not sweet home lel

There still are today compared to what we see in other cities especially in BC.

No way! That’s amazing! I was born there my mom and dad worked for the Irving’s until he became a pilot in Halifax. My moms family are still there.

Thats true XD

Pam Godsoe if irving left..yes it could

Hi, as a kid who grew up in SJ during the 60's, I have often likened SJNB to a mini-NYC as I remember it then. Sadly, it's a mere shadow of its former self now due to the never ending & ridiculous anti-progress attitude of SJ City Hall. All that made even worse by routine abuse & disregard of it by many politicians (both federal and provincial)...and of course, the strangle-hold that the Irving family has on both SJ and the entire province for that matter. There's no coming back now.

It was St. until the 30's, when it changed to Saint

Lol so true