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Bloor Street bike lanes
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‘Temporary’ bike lanes to be made permanent, council decides

December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 Rodger Burnside Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street, city council, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, Joe Cressy, John Tory, University Avenue

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the ActiveTO initiative.

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Arts & Music Events THINGS TO DO 

Feb. 1: Human rights film festival free evening

January 18, 2020January 27, 2020 Streeter staff Bloor Street, Hot Docs, human rights

Gay Chorus Deep South is presented by the annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W., on Feb. 1.

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NEWS 

Woman allegedly assaulted by ride sharing driver, man arrested

October 16, 2019April 9, 2020 Jay Garak Bloor Street, Manning Avenue, sexual assault, Toronto Police

A man has been arrested after a woman claimed to have been sexually assaulted by a ride sharing driver early Sunday morning.

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Downchild on the big screen at jazz festival
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Downchild shuts down Bloor for block party

June 23, 2019October 16, 2019 Eric McMillan Bloor Street, blues, Dan Ackroyd, Downchild Blues Band, Paul Shaffer, TD Toronto Jazz Festival

Toronto musical institution Downchild Blues Band, joined by big-name friends, gave 10,000 fans filling Bloor Street just what they wanted Saturday night.

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For Kids THINGS TO DO 

Nov. 18: Santa Claus parade coming to town

November 4, 2018December 22, 2018 Streeter staff Avenue Road, Bloor Street, Front Street, Santa Claus Parade, St. Lawrence Market, University Avenue

The Santa Claus Parade is the second biggest event of the season for Toronto kids. The price of enjoying the parade is free of course for kids and adults.

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Shows & Sales THINGS TO DO 

June 17: Yorkville Exotic Car Show on Father’s Day

June 3, 2018June 7, 2018 Streeter staff Bloor Street, Bloor-Yorkville, Father's Day, Yorkville Exotic Car Show

Bloor-Yorkville will host the eighth annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show this Father’s Day from 12 to 5 p.m.

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Estonian music fest organizers
NEWS 

Midtown music lovers celebrate their Estonian roots with festival

May 11, 2018May 15, 2018 Brian Baker Bloor Street, Estonian music, Hugh’s Room, Koerner Hall, Lee’s Palace, VEMU-Estonian Studies Centre

Two midtowners, Lawrence Park’s Tom Treumuth and the Annex’s Markia Mayfield, are working with Chief Archivist of the VEMU-Estonian Studies Centre, Piret Noorhani, to put on Estonian Music Week, May 24-29.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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