It was the last decade of the 20th century and Toronto was different. It was a time when we didn’t walk around staring at our phones; when the words “social” and “media” hadn’t been put together yet; when getting from one part of downtown to another didn’t involve soul-crushing traffic. The city looked different, too.
We did some research — OK, fine, we read some Reddit threads — for reminders of what made Toronto a fun place to be in the ’90s. From a winning baseball team, and a fresh basketball one, to local landmarks — some gone, some irretrievably altered — here are 10 things that resonated. Toronto Blue Jays’ Joe Carter celebrates his game-winning, three-run homer in Game 6 of the World Series in Toronto on Oct.
23, 1993. Canada’s second Major League Baseball team — Montreal beat us by eight years — brought glory to Toronto with back-to-back , capped by Joe Carter’s legendary three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning on Oct. 23, 1993: broadcaster Tom Cheek’s words — “Touch ’em all, Joe!” — went down in history.
Toronto Raptors’ Vince Carter practises his free throw in 2002. The Raptors joined the NBA as an expansion team in 1995 but acquired their first superstar in in 1998. When he first started playing here after an NBA lockout, in 1999, he brought “Vinsanity” to the city with his leaps and slam dunks, and helped the team to its first ever playoff appearance in 2000 — although it wouldn’t win the NBA champ.