Creating a spot to gather

Originally published in October of 2016 in anticipation of the granite installations in the Bloor Street Parkettes.
By Geremy Bordonaro
Originally published in October of 2016 in anticipation of the granite installations in the Bloor Street Parkettes.
By Geremy Bordonaro
COURTESY BLOOR ANNEX BIA
The right-of-way on the western flank of the grocery store at Bloor and Robert streets will be redeveloped into a park, thanks to the Bloor Annex BIA.
The Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area (BIA) met this month to discuss the upcoming, and much anticipated, Bloor Street revitalization plan due in 2019.
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.