Five Corners (Saskatoon)

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The intersection of Broadway Avenue and 12th Street is known as "Five Corners". It began as what used to be the old trail from Moose Woods Reserve in the south to Batoche in the north. While a misnomer in the present day, the intersection was at one time the junction of five roads: two legs of Broadway Avenue, two legs of 12th Street, and University Avenue. In the 1960s, University Avenue and one part of 12th Street were closed, making the junction a regular "T" (or "Y") intersection. Though the roads were realigned, the Five Corners monicker sticks to this day.
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Coordinates:   52°7'11"N   106°39'23"W

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  • kind of like the former five points in Manhattan new york, lol.
  • Ah, Five Corners. It was University Drive, no Avenue. There used to be a wonderful neon sign at the BA station between 5 Corners and the Broadway Bridge. Used to light up "88" and then "98" and then "BA" if memory serves. This would have been in the late 1950s. We had a Playmouth Belvedere coupe, 389 cu in V8, with a searchlight on the "A" pillar! Coral and black, two-tone, hand-rubbed roof. I recall that 5 corners was a 'scramble' corner, where drivers would have to wait impatiently as 45 seconds was given over to pedestrians to navigate the intersection.
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