1986 Drive-through of Downtown Canton, Ohio

A drive through the downtown section of Canton, Ohio on Sunday Nov. 30, 1986. Two brothers back in their home town for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend check on the old familiar landmarks.

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Travel & Events

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• canton ohio
• kresge
• palace theater
• Mckinley
• mckinley high school
• stern and mann
• timken high school
• stark county library
• carnegie library
• court house
• 1989
• angels
• harter bank
• county courthouse
• stark county
• hilton
• citizen's bank
• christmas
• thanksgiving
• architecture
• amtrak
• history
• historic
• reagan-era
• saxton
• onesto
• livingston's
• arnold funeral home
• market street
• tuscarawas
• brick streets
• parisian
• polsky's
• First Ladies' Library
• civic center
• auditorium
• central plaza

[GraffitiKing187]

It was pretty back then, now if you go through these areas shown in this video, it looks ghetto, filthy, and just dirty

[MrGuitarbrett]

if only canton still looked like that :(

[tiburon0676]

Thanks for posting this. I was born and raised in Canton (I'm 35). I live close to downtown and drive by the downtown area on a daily basis. It's 100 times worse now than what you show on your home video. It would be great if you could make a new video and drive on the same roads to show the difference.

[fornak8or]

I turned 10 years old that day!

[RobRobertTheMusicMan]

Pretty cool to have a real video from back at that time. "Nostalgisized!"

[okitzme]

Loved the ride! Thanks for bringing back memories for me!

[jochsenfeld72]

Great video...thanks for posting!

[Motoxmadman32]

It literally has not changed one bit in almost 30 years lmao...just a bit older

[killersoundz]

I always think the parking garage at 6:30 is going to fall down at any moment. I guess it's been standing for a long time now but for some reason I have a feeling if you filled it up with modern SUV's it would crumble. 

[massimobud1]

Thanks for the trip about town! It was fun! i Love Canton

[donmyztr]

Thanks for posting this! I was just 10 when we moved to FL, but I still remember a few of the landmarks in this video. And since it was shot only a few years after we left, that's how I remember it!

[OrangeElixir]

Sometimes, I miss Canton.  I grew up there.

[carmat234]

Great video! It's sad to see some of the buildings that were lost, the hotel beside the courthouse was a neat old building. Aside from a few things I would argue that Canton is looking much better these days. The Mckinley home is looking great and so is most of Market Ave North. A lot of street and sidewalk improvements have added nice rows of trees. There is a lot happening with the arts and the Onesto is being converted to apartments. It's not perfect, but it's definitely improving.

[BubuBORG]

One of the few improvements that have been made recently is the litle park that's sprung from the demolition of the Kresge Block, and a mini Arts district has kind of sprung up.

[evildad311]

Wow is right!

[killersoundz]

Wow!!!!!

[RiiMashuu]

man, things sure aren't like they used to be =/.

[MrDerby2u]

how things have changed...

[ruckman2k9]

i mothergoose land LOL i think i went there once and was to lil to remember the details

[mrd9365]

Thanks, guys! It was fun to see the old hometown from back in my day :-)

[1111johnson]

we were really poor, but somehow my mom rounded up enthusiasm for "mothergooseland" - thanks for posting

[89TTP]

WOW!!! I wasnt even born yet.

[Oola75]

do u have any pics or video from it,if so could u share thanks.

[jmcsmomma]

Yep, my dad used to run it when he was oin the Jaycees

[Oola75]

Does anyone remember Mothergoose Land off of Tusc.?

[GraffitiKing187]

me too. NIce to see an old video of it though i guess.