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Bloor Street bike lanes

‘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.

500 University Terry Fox mural site

Public asked to help choose among five Terry Fox murals

October 23, 2021 Rodger Burnside graffiti, John Tory, Mike Layton, mural, street art, StreetARToronto, Terry Fox, University Avenue

The grey line of towers along University Avenue are about to get some colourful larger-than-life artwork to commemorate Terry Fox’s run.

For Kids THINGS TO DO

Nov. 17: Santa Claus Parade at 115

November 3, 2019November 9, 2019 Streeter staff Bloor Street East, Eatons, Jarvis Street, Queen's Park Crescent, Santa Claus, Santa Claus Parade, University Avenue

For the 115th year, Santa brings his original parade to town on Nov. 17. At 12:30 p.m., the Toronto Santa Claus Parade starts at Bloor and Parliament

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.

THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

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

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

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

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

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