Import of a Dutch design was a response to cyclist death at Bloor and St. George streets
By Austin Kelly
ON THE COVER: Redo of intersection itself a hazard (Oct./Nov. 2024)
November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on ON THE COVER: Redo of intersection itself a hazard (Oct./Nov. 2024)
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EDITORIAL: Fact-checking Ford (Oct./Nov. 2024)
November 8th, 2024 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Fact-checking Ford (Oct./Nov. 2024)
Premier Doug Ford, while apparently unable or unwilling to address urgent provincial crises in health care, education, and the ongoing existential threat of climate change, has instead told an Empire Club luncheon last week that he is planning to “rip out bike lanes on major roads such as Bloor Street.” The elites at the lunch were thrilled, a group whose praise Ford craves.
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FORUM: Status quo streets unsustainable (Fall 2021)
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ON THE COVER Let it flow (Summer 2019)
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NEWS: Bloor restaurants cope with B&Es (Winter 2019)
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Police apprehend multiple “drug-dependent” individuals
By Hannah Alberga
January has brought a spike in commercial crime around Bloor and Brunswick streets, with four restaurants experiencing break-ins on one day.
Between 3:30 am and 6:30 am on Jan. 7, the St. Louis Bar and Grill, Crafty Coyote Ale House, Vietnam Lovely Noodle, and Gong Cha teahouse were victims to break and enters.
NEWS: Bike lanes (March 2018)
March 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Bike lanes (March 2018)
A dissenter makes his case
By Annemarie Brissenden
Do bike lanes make cycling inherently safer?
That question was up for debate at January’s Grounds for Thought, which runs the last Tuesday of every month at the Green Beanery at Bloor and Bathurst streets. With free coffee on offer, Grounds for Thought is an homage to the coffee houses of old, places where dissent and unconventional ideas were not only welcomed but encouraged.
FORUM: University no longer fielding exemplary behaviour (Jan. 2018)
January 29th, 2018 · 1 Comment
Can a park’s past set the tone for its future?
Had the Spadina Expressway been built, there might have been a development like St. James Town west of Yonge Street. The city had rezoned the area, and a developer had quietly purchased many of the 32 properties on Robert and Sussex avenues. COURTESY CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES
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NEWS (Nov. 2017): Pilot project becomes permanent
November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (Nov. 2017): Pilot project becomes permanent
Council resoundingly votes in favour of Bloor Street bike lanes
By Geremy Bordonaro
It’s been a long time coming but the Bloor Street bike lanes are now a permanent fixture of the community.
EDITORIAL (FALL 2017): Bike lanes, good for business
October 12th, 2017 · Comments Off on EDITORIAL (FALL 2017): Bike lanes, good for business
When confronted with the question of whether or not to support the city’s pilot bike lanes on Bloor Street, the Bloor Annex and Korea Town Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) commissioned a study on the economic impact of the bike lanes. The comprehensive evaluation yielded clear results and also found a discrepancy between the attitudes of merchants and the positive impact the lanes appeared to have on their bottom lines.
HISTORY (FALL 2017): Inspiring the spine
October 12th, 2017 · Comments Off on HISTORY (FALL 2017): Inspiring the spine
Heritage Toronto unveils Joseph Bloore plaque
PICTURE BY GEREMY BORDONARO/GLEANER NEWS: Approximately 100 people gathered at 117 Bloor St. E. on Aug. 31 to celebrate the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to Joseph Bloore. The plaque, located close to the site of Bloore’s home, includes a part of a previous one dedicated to the inspiration for Bloor Street and text by Heritage Toronto. It took more than seven years to create this new plaque, which may never have been unveiled if not for the passion and enthusiasm of local residents.
NEWS (JUNE 2017): Boon or bane?
June 30th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (JUNE 2017): Boon or bane?
PHOTO BY GEREMY BORDONARO/GLEANER NEWS: Attendees at the third public consultation on the Bloor Street Pilot Bike Lanes annotated a map with comments on the pilot project. The annotations devolved into a war of words, in which one resident found himself battling another over the viability of businesses and bikes.
ARTS (APRIL 2017): Bloor St. Culture Corridor celebrates three years
April 10th, 2017 · Comments Off on ARTS (APRIL 2017): Bloor St. Culture Corridor celebrates three years
Enhancing Toronto’s vital arts and cultural sector
PHOTO COURTESY TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY: Vice and Virtue, running until April 30 at the Toronto Reference Library, examines moral reform in Toronto at the turn of the last century. When moral crusader William Holmes Howland was elected mayor in 1886, he introduced laws to curb drinking and vice. This exhibit presents articles, photos, and other media fueling the good and evil behind Toronto the Good.
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CHATTER (DECEMBER 2016): Bloor Annex BIA showcases street greening plans
December 20th, 2016 · Comments Off on CHATTER (DECEMBER 2016): Bloor Annex BIA showcases street greening plans
On Nov. 25 the Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area (whose chair also publishes this newspaper) showcased its street revitalization plans at Markham House in Mirvish Village. The plans — expected to be implemented in 2018 — include converting public rights-of-way along Bloor Street into parkettes and a renewed tree inventory on the north side of the street.