Collectively, the streets in our area comprise the largest percentage of our public space. We think that getting around our neighbourhood should not be just about going from one place to the next, but enjoying the journey.
ABCRA advocates for streets and sidewalks that are safe and accessible, with animated and green streetscapes that add to the vibrancy of the neighbourhood, and that offer a choice of travel modes that contribute to economic vitality in commercial areas.
Transportation News
5 little-known facts you might not know about the Bloor Viaduct
The Bloor Viaduct is one of Toronto’s most iconic structures. Built between 1914 and 1918, it was officially named the Prince Edward Viaduct after the Prince of Wales, a fact which Torontonians tend to gloss over by stubbornly referring to it by its street-related colloquial name.
Despite its significant status, there’s plenty of mostly unknown information about the bridge, not the least of which is that it’s actually not one bridge at all!
Wider Sidewalks Now Video
The history of Toronto in photos
The history of Toronto in photos is not an authoritative history of this city (far from from it), but the 90 some odd posts linked to below provide a thematically organized visual overview of Toronto that I hope will be worth a return visit or two for those interested in the city of yesteryear.
The vast majority of the photographs featured below derive from the Toronto Archives, which means that should you see something that you really like, it’s probably available for purchase from the source.
ABCRA provides comments to the City’s Bloor Yorkville Heritage Assessment
City of Toronto Heritage Planning utilizes Cultural Heritage Resource Assessments (CHRAs) to document and analyze an area’s history and ensure that properties of potential cultural heritage value or interest are appropriately identified, understood and conserved. Read our submission to the City, providing input and recommendations for the CHRA field study of the Bloor-Yorkville/North Midtown Area.
Basil Johnston Terrace
The proposed change to “Basil Johnston Terrace” would acknowledge and honour the First Nation presence and positive contribution within our community and our city. Basil Johnston Terrace would commemorate the significant contribution of a brilliant Ojibway author and educator, recognized in his 2015 Globe & Mail Obituary as the “foremost scholar of Anishinaabe life. Andin the Canadian Encyclopedia as “one of the foremost indigenous authors in Canada.”