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There are many well known streets in Toronto with many places to shop or be entertained, but perhaps the best known is Yonge Street (pronounced Young Street). To say the least, it is a lively, industrious, busy, interesting, and a "do not miss" location for your visit to Toronto! It has the reputation of being the longest street in the world and as traffic is usually quite busy, it is best to know where you need to access it.
Every kind of goods, services, food, drink, & entertainment seem to be in abundance here! It is lively, but not rowdy. It has a certain edge to it, but does not seem to threaten. A stroll down Yonge Street is an introduction to the many cultures and nationalities that become Toronto. All seem to coexist in a polite respect and all are represented with places to shop, eat, drink, and socialize! From driving what seemed to have been the length of the longest street in the world, I think I can safely say that whatever you are looking for is looking back at you here!
The pictures posted are a view of Yonge from several views, but certainly not inclusive of all as these pictures are gathered from my 3 or 4 block perspective from my hotel. The first picture gives you an idea of the activity and enterprise that happens here. The second one is of some swanky place that I could not afford while the third pic provided an interesting picture of a church. Ok, not like the churches back home, I guess... The last one here was nice for me because of the dark shadows while Sunshine illuminates the sky.
Please check out other tips as many are strategically associated with Yonge Street! Leave a Comment Address: Yonge Street... Duh!Directions: Ask anyone... You CAN get there from wherever you are! East/West & North/South subway connections. Buses galore. Look for offstreet parking if driving.
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Yonge Street is the longest in the world, running from Thunder Bay to Toronto. Its most popular stretch would have to be from Bloor Street to the waterfront, especially the Dundas intersection, for its one of the first places a tourist would visit. Though it has been somewhat "cleaned up", parts of it are still filled with adult video stores and dollar shops. Eaton Centre since the seventies have drained life off the street, & now its finally heading for a comeback. Even the Eaton Centre has redesigned their wall facing Yonge Street, making it more attractive to pedestrians and shoppers alike.
Most popular store on the street would have to be Sam the Record Man, who still offer bargains on CDs & recordings. Pantages Theatre (now known as Canon Theatre), is also located on Yonge Street & was host to Phantom of the Opera, one of the longest running broadway shows in Toronto. Dundas Square at Yonge & Dundas has become a new focal point in downtown, and the city hopes to remodel it into a new TIMES SQUARE. The billboards are already up, but the surrounding area is still kind of drab.
Many amateur artists & entertainers perform in this vicinity everyday, & it sometimes does whip the crowd into a bit of a frenzy. From musicians to magicians, unicycle riders to knife eaters, there is quite a lot of variety of acts here. It sometimes feels very weird however, for the audience act like they never had seen a street performance before.
If you continued down Yonge Street, you would eventually reach the waterfront & this is a great starting point to explore the area.
If you drove north, you would pass by Rosedale, (One of Toronto's most Prestigious Address) Mt. Pleasant Cemetary, Eglinton Square & even Mel Lastman Square (North York Centre) before leaving Toronto. Leave a Comment
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Experience the longest street in the world for FREE. Downtown Yonge is a tourist spot and the place to find some of the best shopping and entertainment facilities. If you are into shopping, bar hopping and simply want to stroll the most popular street, then Yonge Street has something to offer. The FREE walking tours is concentrated in the Downtown Yonge only. For more information and further details, please call telephone and log on to their website provided below.
PLEASE NOTE: Yonge Street is approximately 1, 896 kilometres long. It starts at Lake Ontario in Toronto Ontario and ends at Rainy River in Ontario.
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Yonge street is apparently the longest street in the world. It is worth walking through Yonge Street downtown in the evenings. The city is full of life. The busiest part is between Queen and Dundas, in other words next to the Eaton Center. There is an abundance of painters, magicians, singers etc. If you have the time, you may wish to also walk along Queen Street. A great way to spend an evening is to walk along Queen street, Yonge Street and then Bloor Street in the evenings. You will see every type of shop imaginable. Naturally, a Saturday night is the best time to be here for most people. To see my album on Yonge street in general, click here: Yonge Street Album 1
Click here to return to my Toronto Page Leave a Comment Directions: Yonge street goes through the centre of Toronto starting at Lake Ontario.
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Yonge Street begins at the waterfront of Lake Ontario, running north passes through the busy business and shopping districts of Toronto, passing the residential suburbs and farmlands, ending near Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario.
There is a subway line running underneath Yonge Street within the city of Toronto, which gets quite crowded during rush hours. Leave a Comment
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Come here for a rest from all the touring... spend some time on the computer... catch up on a book....read the news....scan through a magazine..... enjoy the quiet, relaxing atmosphere = )
The Toronto Reference Library houses one of the largest collections of books under one roof.
Highlights within the reference library include: - Business Information Centre
- Consumer Health Information Centre
- Languages Centre,Performing Arts Centre
- Periodicals and Newspaper Centres
- Picture Collection
- Toronto Star Newspaper Section
- Local History Section
Special Collections include:
- Arthur Conan Doyle Collection
- Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books
-Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
- Baldwin Room
- John Ross Robertson Collection
- Art Room Collection
- Map Collection
- Urban Affairs Library
In addition to that, there is a coffee refreshment stand, Exhibits, 199 Internet Workstations (free use, reserve a computer at the library), Piano Practice Room, & Learning Centre (Tutorials on research) & Digital Design Studio (fee).
LIBRARY HOURS
Mon.: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tue.: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wed.: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Thu.: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Fri.: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sat.: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun.: 1:30-5:00 p.m. (Sep. to Jun. only) Leave a Comment Address: 789 Yonge St., YorkvillePhone: 416-393-7000Directions: - NW of Yonge & Bloor - Yonge & Bloor TTC subway stationWebsite: www.tpl.toronto.on.ca
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I enjoyed wandering the streets of Toronto more than anything, it feels so safe and the Canadians are so friendly.
The weather was miserable, which is what we expected but it diddnt ruin our holiday.
Yonge Street is the main throughfare in Toronto, filled with shops and eateries. Leave a Comment
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Multilingual Collections of the Toronto Reference Library include the following languages... Didn't know there were so many. See if you can find your language(s):
- Afrikaans
- Akkadin
- Albanian
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Assamese
- Avesta
- Azerbaijani
- Azeri
- Baltic
- Baluchi
- Bambara
- Basque
- Belorussian
- Bengali
- Berber
- Breton
- Bulgarian
- Burmese
- Cambodian
- Catalan
- Celtic
- Chinese
- Church Salvonic
- Cornish
- Creole- Pidgin
- Coratian
- Cushitic
- Czech
- Danish
- Dinka
- Doi
- Dravidian
- Dutch
- Egyptian
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Ethopian
- Ewe
- Faroese
- Finnish
- Finno-Uguric
- Frisian
- Gaelic
- Georgian
- German
- Greek (including Classical)
- Gujariti
- Hausa
- Hawaiian
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Indic
- Indonesian
- Interlingua
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Kazaktzhan
- Khasi
- Kikuyu
- Kirghiz
- Konkani
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Ladino
- Lah
- Lamba
- Lao
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lituanian
- Luganda
- Macedonian
- Malagasy
- Malay
- Maltese
- Mandinka
- Manyanka
- Maori
- Marathi
- Mayni
- Mendi
- Nepali
- Newari
- Niger-Congo
- Northern Sotho
- Norwegian
- Nubian
- Nyanja
- Oriya
- Ossetic
- Pahari
- Pahlavi
- Pali
- Panjabi
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Prakrit
- Provencal
- Pushto
- Pajasthani
- Romance
- Romanian
- Romansh
- Rundi
- Russian
- Samartian
- Sango
- Sanskrit
- Seldup
- Semitic
- Serbian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Shona
- Sidamo
- Sindhi
- Sinhalesa
- Sino-Tibetian
- Slavic
- Slovak
- Slovenia
- Southern Sotho
- Somali
- Spanish
- Sumerian
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Syriac
- Tagalog
- Tajik
- Tamil
- Tartar
- Telugu
- Temme
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- Tibertan
- Tigrinya
- Tswana
- Turco-tataric
- Twi
- Uighar
- Ukranian
- Urdu
- Uzbek
- Vietnamnese
- Volapuk
- Welsh
- Wendish
- Wolof
- Xhosa
- Yao
- Yiddish
- Yoruba
- Zula Leave a Comment Address: 789 Yonge St.Phone: 416-393-7000Directions: - Yonge & Bloor TTC station - Yonge & Bloor intersection (NW)Website: www.tpl.toronto.on.ca
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We were lucky enough to be on Yonge Street on a Saturday when the Mounties were there. Every weekend through the summer they are out and about in the city Leave a Comment
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Fancy a drive? Then cruise down Yonge Street, also known as the 'longest' street in the world. You'll just want to sit back in your car, wind the window down and take in all the sites and sounds. Leave a Comment Address: Yonge Street, Toronto.
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