On August 21st, Yonge St. between Bloor and Queen was closed to traffic for almost eight hours as pedestrians walked freely along the road for Open Streets TO. Select routes across the city were open to pedestrians to bike, walk, run, or jog, with activity hubs and pop-ups along the way. Another will be held Sept 18.
—Dennis Hanagan
- Helping to organize pedestrians are Open Streets helpers Aryan Naik, Shadid Shafiquzzaman and Ali Khawaja.
- From the Garden District area, l-r Carolina, Evelyn, Emily and Melanie
- The Heshmati family cycled along car-free Yonge.
- Mom Ikka with son Kiran and daughter Pippa.
- From Old Town Toronto are dad Anil with daughter Ariya.
- Bson and Olga celebrated their second wedding anniversary at Open Streets.
- Danielle Urquhart and Bruce Beaton of Mackenzie House showed how an old hand-propelled press operated.
- Visiting Open Streets from Spain were Laura, Diego, Olaya, Barbara, Cristina and Ana.
- Firefighters Danielle and Patty from station P333 on Front St. at Princess showed kids the ins and outs of a firetruck.
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