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The Looongest Street in the World

- Elicar - Friday, March 31st, 2006 : goo

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Yonge Street, March 30, 2006, 5:30 PM

It's a good day to walk. The weather was lovely, so I did. I started at Front Street. The destination was Bloor Street where I would catch my train to take me home. That should take me 25-30 minutes to walk in my sensible, but definitely not a pair o walking shoes.

33 Yonge Street

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That's the BCE Place (again?) reflected.

The Red Rocket at King Street

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Hongkong Shanghai Bank of Canada at Adelaide Street

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Canada Trust, right across

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Nearly got run over by a streetcar at Queen Street. Not really, but the picture was out of focus as I was in a hurry.

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This is for sale right across the Eaton Centre. Any takers? My bank balance is a few zeroes defficient.

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Dundas Street Square

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I was distracted by the The Chalkmaster

Sam the Record Man

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It was nice but isn't it too soon for flip flops?

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A gaudy ad

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Yonge Street Sign at College. Check out and Starbucks.

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That's where I got really distracted and bought myself a brand new baby blue spring coat.

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The same sign when I was through shopping. Dang, where did the time go?

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That leaves me no time to go to this store....

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I don't think I'll make it to Bloor. I am getting hungry. It's not that far, but..

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To the left is Freeman, same as this

Forget Bloor, I'll catch the train at Wellesley. I am not sure it is a good idea, however as there is a crane on top of the station.

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Aww...don't be a wimp. Besides, you promised Peter, you'll take more pictures of the subway.

Peter can wait. Now, I gotta go and eat.

Da end of a very long story as long as Yonge itself.

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Elicar: 31st Mar 2006 - 02:25 GMT

I must really be hungry, I ntended to include this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonge_Street

EvilGentleman: 31st Mar 2006 - 04:17 GMT

I have always heard that Yonge Street is the world's longest street, but when I was in North Bay in December, it was not called Yonge Street there, although Hwy 11 is supposed to be Yonge. I wonder why that is?

jeeff: 31st Mar 2006 - 04:33 GMT

street names are a the domain of the city. once you're outside municipal boundaries the provincial govt has a different naming scheme.

Elicar: 31st Mar 2006 - 04:33 GMT

"Over the years, Highway 11 grew to stretch from downtown Toronto all the way to the Minnesota border. Highway 11 became synonymous with Yonge Street, the name of the street in Toronto which formed its southernmost segment. It is from this that Yonge Street gained (somewhat controversially) notoriety as the 'longest street in the world'." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Highway_11

Tyfoid Kid: 31st Mar 2006 - 15:38 GMT

So the next time I'm "Up North" by Rainy River I can just hop on the road across the border and boom I'm in Toronto?? Cool!! Eh maybe I'll just get to it via Duluth and Thunder Bay.

Elicar: 11th Apr 2006 - 00:39 GMT

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This is the map of Yonge Street at Dundas Square. That's my walking buddy smiling at the camera to mark the end.

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