Arriving home Sunday night, I went for a walk and found this confusion… people walking down the centre of Yonge Street?
A little Google work and tada: introducing Celebrate Yonge.
- 1 – the new pedestrian lane
- 2 – the new car lane
- 3 – the guys who painted the lanes
From August 17 to September 16 there will be planters to create a barrier between cars and pedestrians, restaurants will add patios on the sidewalk, there will be street vendors, I really like this idea. Plus with 200 people for every 1 car, this makes sense.
BlogTO has a good map of how it will be set up.
This is the first time since the ’70s this has happened! Click here to see photos from then.
I really like Yonge Street, I walk it a lot; the people watching is amazing. I went through a phase in 2008 where I’d often eat at the McDonald’s on Yonge at Wellesley, click here for a really old blog post about that.
Non-Canadians: Yonge street is one of Canada’s busiest streets, and is the longest street in the world.
