For Sunday, March 1, meet at 10 AM in the Food Court at the Hudson's Bay Centre, 2 Bloor St. East. The Hudson's Bay Centre is located on the north-east corner of Yonge and Bloor, at the Bloor-Yonge subway station. The Food Court is on the lower level, on the east side of the building, near Park Rd. On Bloor St, there is an entrance which says "Matisse", just west of the Marriot entrance, which leads to the Food Court (to the right).
At the start there are washrooms, a Tim Hortons (that opens at 10 AM), and a Starbucks in “The Market by Longos” (accessible from outside at Bloor and Park Rd).
We will walk 10.6 Km from Bloor-Yonge to Union Station and back, and see a few interesting things along the way. The walk will be mostly on quiet city streets, so shoes or boots suitable for the weather would be appropriate. There will be several washroom stops, a coffee stop at Union Station, and a Lunch stop at Salad King. There will be many early exit points, and since we are downtown, we should never be more than about 500 m from a bus, streetcar, or subway.
Points of interest and early exits along the way include:
- 0.0 Km – Bloor-Yonge Hudson’s Bay Food Court (coffee, bathrooms)
- 2.0 Km – Allan Gardens (bathrooms)
- 3.6 Km – early exit to Queen Station
- 4.1 Km – early exit to King Station
- 4.2 Km – Trader’s Bank Building
- 4.8 Km – Union Station (coffee, washrooms, early exit to subway)
- 5.2 Km – early exit to King streetcar
- 5.5 Km – EY Tower (Concourse Building)
- 6.0 Km – early exit to Queen streetcar
- 6.3 Km – City Hall (Peace Through Honour monument, bathrooms)
- 6.7 Km – early exit to St Patrick Station
- 7.8 Km – Grange Park (Henry Moore – Two Large Forms)
- 8.1 Km – early exit to Dundas streetcar (200 m to St Patrick Station)
- 9.1 Km – Salad King (lunch stop, 200 m to Dundas Station)
- 9.6 Km – early exit to College Station
- 10.0 Km – early exit to Wellesley Station
- 10.8 Km – Bloor-Yonge (end of walk, bathrooms)
The route is available on Ride with GPS at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32006708
There is a “revised” scheduled subway outage this weekend, with no service between Finch and Sheppard-Yonge, in case this affects your travel plans, but please check https://www.ttc.ca/Service_Advisories/Subway_closures/index.jsp in case there are any changes.
Non-members are welcome. They will be asked to sign the waiver form but will not be charged the non-member fee.
If you have trouble finding us at the start, please call my cell at 416-917-8866. If I don't answer, try again, as I may miss the first call.
For more information check the TBN website under PROGRAMS - FALL/WINTER - CITY WALKS (https://tbn.ca/programs/fallwinter/citywalks) for a description of the Winter Walk program. If you have any questions, email me at citywalks@tbn.ca.
John Burdett - City Walk Coordinator
