Bloor Street
Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
The street is named after
Joseph Bloor (or Bloore), a developer of this area in the 19th Century and founded the
Village of Yorkville in 1830. He is buried at Necropolis Cemetery on
Bayview Avenue and
Rosedale Valley Road.
Bloor Street in Toronto runs from the
Don Valley Parkway (DVP) in Toronto's east-end into the west-end and into
Mississauga where it ends at Central Parkway. East of the DVP, Bloor Street becomes
Danforth Avenue. In downtown, especially around the intersection with
Bay Street, it is one of the most exclusive stretches of real estate in Toronto.
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Bustling intersection of Bloor and Bay Streets in April, 2006. |
The approximately 25 kilometre street contains a significant cross-sample of Toronto's ethnic communities. Beginning at Danforth and continuing west, one will pass through Toronto's Greek, Somali, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish, Korean and Croatian communities.
Bloor Street serves as the northern-most edge of the campus of the
University of Toronto, and is host to several of Toronto's historic sites including the Bata Shoe Museum, The Royal Conservatory, the Annex, and the southern edge of Yorkville.
The
Bloor-Danforth subway line runs along the Toronto portion of the roadway between Kipling and the start of Danforth Avenue.
Neighbourhoods along Bloor, from west to east, include:
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Markland Wood (4200-4300 blocks Bloor West)
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Islington (3500-4100 West)
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The Kingsway (2700-3400 West)
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Old Mill (2400-2600 West)
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Bloor West Village (2200-2400 West)
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High Park (1800-2200 West)
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The Junction (1500-1700 West)
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Bloordale Village (1100-1300 West)
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Palmerston (800-1000 West)
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Koreatown (600-800 West)
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Mirvish Village (500 West)
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The Annex (200-500 West)
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Yorkville (200 East-200 West)
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Rosedale (600-200 East)
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Royal Ontario Museum*
Christie Pits*
Prince Edward Viaduct*
High Park*
Royal Conservatory of Music*
Bata Shoe Museum*
Native Canadian Cultural Centre*
Bloor Jewish Community Centre*
Bloor Street United Church*
Applewood Heights Secondary School*
Buduchnist Credit Union*
Cumberland Terrace*
Manulife Centre*
Hudson's Bay Centre*
Holt RenfrewThe Bloor and
Yonge intersection is one of the most popular and trendy shopping areas in
Toronto, housing several large, well-known fashion and jewellery companies such as
Gucci,
Christian Dior,
Chanel,
Tiffany & Co.,
MAC Cosmetics,
Lacoste,
Louis Vuitton, and
Prada. It also has several small Canadian designers and shops popular amongst Canadians and Torontonians, such as Over the Rainbow,
Aritzia and
Lululemon.
Major streets in Toronto which intersect with Bloor (east to west):
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Parliament Street*
Yonge Street*
Bay Street*
Spadina Avenue*
Bathurst Street*
Dufferin Street*
Keele Street*
Jane Street*
Islington Avenue*
Bloor Street*
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Bloor-Yorkville BIA*
Markland Wood
