Torontoist

It's been demolished for two years now, but the old Terminal 1 at Toronto's international airport was once world-renowned for its futuristic and innovative design. State-of-the-art when opened on February 28, 1964, it was obsolete only a decade later as jet travel became commonplace. Known as Aeroquay One, the inventive terminal would process 1400 passengers per hour. After World War II, passenger air travel grew at double-digit rates over the next fifteen years. The 1950s not only brought a new era of prosperity, but also the turbo-prop aircraft and soon after, transatlantic travel and jumbo jetliners. Post-war aviation technology was bringing prices down while increasing the size and range of distance for passenger airplanes. Up to this point, ocean liners were the embodiment of luxury travel.