maestro
Senior Member
that is the cities formal definition of downtown, yes.
Thought it was Dufferin south of Queen.
that is the cities formal definition of downtown, yes.
that is the cities formal definition of downtown, yes.
Downtown - South of Bloor
Midtown - Bloor to Eglinton (inclusive)
Uptown - North of Eglinton
Anything West of Bathurst and East of Parliament is out of scope. That's it, you're welcome.
Ah, no. East of Parliament is still downtown to the Don River/DVP as far as anyone who lives here is concerned...
Does anybody use the term 'midtown' in Toronto and not sound like a complete douchebag? What's next, Upper West Side/Lower East etc? Puke.
I agree, but I also can't help but think how useful it would be to have generic terms for the shoulder areas on either side of downtown. The "east end" (Yonge to the Don) and "west end" (Spadina to the railway tracks or so) each have reasonably collective identities but yet we fail to give them collective names because of a fear that we would be ripping off New York or London.
I live at Yonge and St. Clair now and frequently take walks up to Eglinton. There are a lot of businesses around here which reference the moniker "Midtown," and it seems to fit quite nicely, since Yonge and Eglinton does appear to be roughly in the geographic center of the city.
That said, although I do see Yonge and Eglinton intensifying, there are serious barriers to there being any sense of true integration between the 3 Midtown nodes. Wealthy residential enclaves, a huge prestigious cemetery and the general lack of through streets or any true grid are some of the elements that will inhibit development for years to come.
Does anybody use the term 'midtown' in Toronto and not sound like a complete douchebag? What's next, Upper West Side/Lower East etc? Puke.
Downtown (South of Bloor, generally speaking) and Uptown (north of Bloor, generally speaking) sound like reasonable Toronto catch-all designations. If anybody wants to get more specific, well there's Yorkville, Rosedale, Cabbagetown, etc. You get my point.
Yeah, the idea of Lawrence Park CEOs and Lytton Park soccer moms being "midtowners" seems a bit ridiculous. North of Eglinton is the most suburban part of the Old City of Toronto.
Is "Midtown" supposed to be just the Yonge-Eglinton intersection (i.e. a secondary CBD)? Or is it supposed to be everything in the old city north of Rosedale Valley and east of Bathurst (i.e. akin to the west end and east end)?