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Central Toronto includes the downtown district of Toronto and its immediate vicinity.

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• Financial District - The downtown core is the economic centre of Canada. Bay Street is the home of the head offices of the "Big Five" Canadian banks, as well as North America's third largest stock exchange, the TSX. While full of powerful hustle during the work week, this area is generally dead at night, though safe, and never totally empty.
• Harbourfront - Along the waterfront from west to east from Bathurst to Yonge. During the summer months, free cultural festivals happen every weekend. Well worth a visit. Future plans for development will bring even more activity.
• Yonge Street - Ample shopping and activity along this heavily visited main district. Main hubs are along Yonge Street at Queen, Dundas, Bloor and Eglinton. The stretch between Bloor and Dundas tends to be rather fun and kitschy, and is known locally as The Yonge Street Strip. Locals are both amused and somewhat horrified by The Yonge St. Strip, as it can be a bit gaudy. Truth be told, Torontonians generally avoid it, although they love to show it off to visitors. Also known as Highway 11, Yonge St. is often cited as the longest street in the world, because Highway 11 extends North from the city, over the top of the great lakes, all the way to Rainy River on the border with Minnesota, (1,896 kilometres away). A respectable road trip could be enjoyed by simply traveling Hwy 11 from start to finish (plan 3 or 4 days if you want to take your time).
• Bloor-Yorkville - Located along Bloor Street from Yonge to Avenue Road and North to Hazelton Lanes, and boasting some of the country's most upscale shopping, from the flagship Canadian retailer, Holt Renfrew and Harry Rosen, as well as Roots, to internationally known Tiffany's, Armani, Gucci, and many others. The area also offers luxury hotels and numerous chic restaurants, very popular with visiting celebrities, particularly during the Toronto International Film Festival (every September). It's a wonderful area for strolling, particularly on the streets directly north of Bloor, popular with locals and offers casual rooftop dining and sidewalk patios in summer,with establishments such as Hemingways, Remys, Dimmis, and The Pilot. At the corner of Bloor and Avenue Rd. you will find the Royal Ontario Museum, the second largest in North America.
• King Street East - A mecca for interior design fanatics and small studio production, King Street east of Yonge is an attractive area ripe with window shopping opportunities. One can also access the multitude of restaurants, shops and cafes in the Distillery District from the King & Parliament St. intersection. The historic St. Lawrence area, containing some of the oldest buildings in the city and site of urban renewal in the 1980s to Corktown and the recently started West Donlands urban renewal project closer to the Don River.

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The Waterfront. A massive redevelopment of the city's 46-kilometre waterfront is underway in the city, and the results are sure to be stunning. Toronto's waterfront is already quite spectacular, with galleries, walking trails and art, film and theatre complexes. An extensive plan to re-green this are will ensure that Toronto's waterfront is utilized to its full potential by residents and visitors alike.

Toronto Music Garden, 475 Queens Quay West (at Harbourfront Centre), [1]. Designed by cellist Yo Yo Ma and landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy, the garden is an interpretation of Bach's First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello. Wheelchair accessible. Free admission.

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