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Toronto, Ontario , Canada . HISTORY The street is named after Joseph Bloor (or Bloore), a developer of this area in the 19th Century and founded the Village Of Yorkville in 1830. He is buried at Necropolis Cemetery on Bayview Avenue and Rosedale Valley Road . Bloor Street in Toronto runs from the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto's east-end into the west-end and into Mississauga where it ends at Central Parkway. East of the DVP, Bloor Street becomes Danforth Avenue . In downtown, especially around the intersection with Bay Street , it is one of the most exclusive stretches of real estate in Toronto. Bloor Street is the principal east-west artery of Toronto's underground subway system. Each of the stops along the Bloor-Danforth line are situated either on or within a few metres from Bloor Street. The approximately 25 kilometer street contains a significant cross-sample of Toronto's ethnic communities. Beginning at Danforth and driving west, one will pass through Toronto's Greek, Somali, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Polish, Korean and Croatian communities. Bloor Street serves as the northern-most edge of the campus of the University of Toronto, and is host to several of Toronto's historic sites including the Bata Shoe Museum, The Royal Conservatory, the Annex, and the southern edge of Yorkville. The Bloor-Danforth Subway Line runs along the Toronto portion of the roadway. NEIGHBOURHOODS Neighbourhoods along Bloor include:
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SHOPPING The Bloor and Yonge intersection is one of the most popular and trendy shopping areas in Toronto , housing several large, well known fashion and jewellery companies such as Gucci , Christian Dior and Prada . It also has several small Canadian designers and shops popular amongst Canadians and Torontonians, such as Over the Rainbow, Aritzia and Lululemon . REFERENCES |
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