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Can you guess where this is in Richmond and which decade?

There’s a little clue at the top left of the photo from the City of Richmond archives
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A clue might be in the top left of the photo from the City of Richmond archives. City of Richmond Archives, Photograph #1984 17 96

Did you guess correctly?

It was, of course, an aerial shot of the Brighouse precinct at the corner of Granville Avenue and No. 3 Road.

In the centre of the shot, taken 60 years ago in 1963, you can see the old city hall with the flagpole and the baseball diamond, below right, which is still there to this day.

A clue might have been a small section of the old Minoru Racetrack at the top left of the photo.