Yonge Street pedestrian mall, August 1971. Image: Harvey R. Naylor / City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, File 5, Item 1.
Yonge Street pedestrian mall, August 1971. Image: Harvey R. Naylor / City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, File 5, Item 6.
Yonge Street pedestrian mall, August 1971. Image: Harvey R. Naylor / City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, File 5, Item 10.
Yonge Street pedestrian mall, August 1971. Image: Harvey R. Naylor / City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1526, File 5, Item 13.
Yonge. Image: City of Toronto Archives, 1465, File 312, Item 2.
In spite of the pictures above, this won’t be about the much-fabled Yonge Street pedestrian mall of the 1970s. That history has been well covered in a number of places, like Torontoist, Active History, Spacing, and BlogTO. I will note that it’s nice to see the idea gaining some currency once more.