Toronto General Tips by kris-t

Favorite Thing: Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto.

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 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.

Bloor Street is the principal east-west artery of Toronto's underground subway system. Each of the stops along the Bloor-Danforth line are situated either on or within a few metres from Bloor Street. The approximately 25 kilometer street contains a significant cross-sample of Toronto's ethnic communities. Beginning at Danforth and driving 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.

Fondest Memory: The 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 and Prada, Guerlain. It also has several small Canadian designers and shops popular amongst Canadians and Torontonians, such as Over the Rainbow, Aritzia and Lululemon.

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Favorite Thing: The CN Tower is the second tallest free-standing structure on land in the world, at 553.33 metres (1,815 ft., 5 inches). It is located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is considered the signature icon of the city . The CN Tower attracts over two million visitors annually.

Construction on the CN Tower started on February 6, 1973 by Canadian National Railway who wanted to build a large TV and radio communication platform to service the Greater Toronto Area and also to demonstrate the strength of Canadian industry.

Fondest Memory: In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers. The following year, the Guinness Book of World Records officially changed the CN Tower's classification to "World's Tallest Building and Free-Standing Structure" and it retains that title to this day.

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Favorite Thing: At 342 m (1,122 feet) is the Glass Floor and Outdoor Observation Deck, the Glass Floor is 23.8 square metres (256 square ft.) and can withstand the weight of 4,137 kPa (600 pounds per square inch) or 14 large hippopotami.

Believe me, it's not easy to step on this glass floor when you see a precipice under you!

Fondest Memory: The Glass Floor can withstand a weight of 600lbs per sq inch (109 kg per sq cm) or the equivalent to 14 adult hippopotami.

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Favorite Thing: Black Creek Pioneer Village holds more than 50,000 artifacts representative of late 18th and 19th century agricultural, economic, social and cultural development of Upper Canada.

Fondest Memory: Collection strengths include furnishings, decorative arts, textiles, glass, ceramics, tools, books and period clothing, agricultural implements, domestic articles, toys, lamps and lighting equipment.

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Favorite Thing: The Masonic lodge


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Favorite Thing: 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy.

Directions:
Jane St. and Steeles Ave.

Phone: (416) 736-1733


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Favorite Thing: Black Creek Pioneer Village is an historic site in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, just west of York University and southeast of the Jane and Steeles intersection. It overlooks the Black Creek (Toronto).

Fondest Memory: The village is a recreation of life in 19th Century Ontario and gives an idea how Toronto might have looked in the early 1800s.

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Favorite Thing: The "pioneer" village consists of over forty historic 19th century buildings, decorated in the style of the 1860s with period furnishings. Besides the Historical Interpreters and Craftspeople housed in the restored buildings, the site also features historical reenactments and visiting artisans.

Fondest Memory: Buildings include period houses, The Original Stong Family farm buildings, a water-powered grist mill, a general store, a blacksmith's shop along with over 10 other trades buildings, a hotel, and a one-room schoolhouse. A core of buildings built by the Stong family are on their original sites, while others have been moved in from across Southern Ontario.

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Favorite Thing: A few buildlings were moved from site across Toronto and some re-built.

The village is a regular destination for field trips by schoolchildren from the Greater Toronto Area.

Fondest Memory: It is operated by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

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Favorite Thing: The Village has beautiful grounds and eleven theme gardens to explore and delight in. From kitchen and herb gardens to the colourful flower gardens of Burwick House and the 'natural pharmacy' for the 19th century doctor, you can feast their senses on the heritage gardens lovingly maintained by Village staff.


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