Tag Archives: Downtown Yonge

Courtney Charette — An easy-to-read infographic to help improve crime reporting has been developed by the Downtown Yonge BIA, and is now being distributed by police and other agencies. “Too often, people either call 9-1-1 or do nothing,” explains Downtown ...

Spend your Canada Day in Downtown Yonge BIA and be part of the annual Living Flag at Yonge-Dundas Square on July 1st! Get your red or white shirt early and enjoy the different cultural performances curated by the Canada Folk ...

The BIA is honouring the history of entertainment in the area while implementing exciting programs to support the growing community with the goal of ensuring its events and festivals are for all Torontonians – inclusive and welcoming. The DYBIA is ...

Downtown Yonge BIA and city hall want to make Toronto’s main street into an around-the-clock arts and culture hub with more space for pedestrians and less for vehicles. The prospect of turning Yonge into a permanent pedestrian mall—at least between ...

Some Downtown movers and shakers have visions of turning a bland back alley into a mini pedestrian mall where people would actually stop, shop, view art and chat over coffee. The alley is O’Keefe Lane, east of Yonge. It runs ...

Dianne Weinrib — The 2015 Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy presented by Scotiabank and in partnership with the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (BIA), returns to Yonge Street from Queen Street to College Street and surrounding areas from Aug. 27-30. ...

Dennis Hanagan— A landmark clocktower on Yonge St. north of College would be saved as part of a new condo proposed for the southwest corner of Grosvenor and Yonge. The 143-year-old clocktower used to be part of Old Fire Hall ...

Dennis Hanagan — With 42 million people walking north and south at Yonge and Dundas streets every year Toronto has to start looking at its often forgotten laneways as public thoroughfares. “We have to start looking at laneways as public ...

As part of its mission to keep the streets clean, the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (BIA) has l installed 12 cigarette receptacle ashtrays along both sides of Yonge St. between Gerrard and Dundas. The receptacles were installed on streetlight ...

Downtown Yonge has completed the first phase of a multi-year streetscape master plan, enhancing the look and feel of the area and improving pedestrian safety and comfort. Downtown Yonge now has 12 new street light poles, 16 light attachments to ...