There are locations where one can return after a few decades and find everything pretty much the same. That doesn't describe our city. We have lived in town for 28 years. We purchased our present apartment and have now used it as our base for 26.
This is looking west on Carnarvon Street. The only other highrises at the time was ours (behind me) and the one farthest away. Lots of new residential housing has come to downtown New West over the last few dozen years.