[BRIEF NOTE] Yonge-Bloor Square?

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The Yonge-Bloor Gap
Originally uploaded by rfmcdpei

This site is, by Toronto's historical standards, quite unnatural: From a position south of Bloor and Yonge Street, you can look north to have an unobstructed view of the Hudson's Bay Company store and the Royal Bank of Canada entrance on the corner, both on the north side of Bloor. As I've blogged before, this new visibility came about because of the razing of the southeastern corner of Yonge and Bloor in preparation for the Crystal Blu condo tower, planned by a Kazakhstani construction company. Given Kazakhstan's economic troubles, this construction might be in doubt--it has stopped, actually. What could be done with the space if the plan falls through? Spacing Toronto's Matthew Blackett suggests that this space could become the site of a new public square, one located in the heart of the city. Go, read him.