Bloor Street

Bloor Street is a major east-west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Contents

1 History 2 Neighbourhoods 3 Buildings/Parks 4 Shopping 5 References

History

The street is named after Joseph Bloor (or Bloore), a developer of this area in the 19th Century and founded the Village of Yorkville in 1830. He is buried at Necropolis Cemetery on Bayview Avenue and Rosedale Valley Road.

Bloor Street in Toronto runs west from the Don Valley Parkway in the west into Mississauga. East of the the DVP, Bloor Street becomes Danforth Avenue. In downtown, especially around the intersection with Bay Street it is one of the most exclusive stretches of real estate in Toronto. Further west it forms the heart of Toronto's Korean community.

The Bloor-Danforth subway line runs along the Toronto portion of the roadway.

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods along Bloor included:

• Bloordale
• Bloor West Village
• Yorkville
• Portugal Village or Little Portugal
• Koreatown
• High Park
• The Annex

Buildings/Parks

• Christie Pits
• Prince Edward Viaduct
• High Park
• Royal Conservatory of Music
• Bata Shoe Museum
• Native Canadian Cultural Centre
• Bloor Jewish Community Centre
• Bloor Street United Church

Shopping

• Cumberland Terrace
• Manulife Centre
• Hudson's Bay Centre

References

• Bloor Street
• Discover Toronto at ROMWalks
• Bloor-Yorkville BIA

See also: Bloor Street, Bata Shoe Museum, Bay Street, Bloor-Danforth subway line, Bloor Street United Church, Bloor West Village, Canada, Christie Pits, Cumberland Terrace, Don Valley Parkway