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Yonge and Bloor-the compass center for my 20 amazing years in Toronto. The library, the Bay, and the Uptown! Oh, the Uptown movie theater, my home away from home-standing in lines ups that would stretch south to the next intersection with the…

intersection of Yonge st and Bloor st

Wow! An interior shot of the newly opened Metropolitan Toronto Library in 1977. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.

The following is an excerpt from Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, Coach House Press, 2010

North of Bloor, Yonge tends not to elicit such high emotional and cultural impact, as it passes through some of Toronto's more genteel…

The future location of the Toronto Reference Library. Looking north from Bloor Street. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library.