BloorMan
Active Member
Level 61 got poured today:
Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):
Not sure about stabby per say, is this area known for stabbings?
I agree that this corner will neve be called the golden or champagne corner amongst anyone outside of UT. Honestly, that's a good thing. Yonge and Bloor sounds more mature and appropriate, and everyone will know where to meet. Imagine telling friends to meet at the Champagne corner? Nobody has time for that explanation.
Perhaps in the late 70s, early 80s it was “stabby” but most of Downtown Yonge was pretty sketchy in those days. At least so I’m to understand from Garth and Gord and Fiona and Alice; I’m not old enough for personal experience.Yonge & Bloor is hardly considered particularly stabby (except, perhaps, in the conservative imagination, where all cities are always hotbeds of violent crime and all manner of perversion)
Stabby vibe. Not stabby in reality.
The corner always feels a little on edge.
But nowhere near as edgy as Dundas & Yonge.
Individual perceptions may vary.![]()