Bloor Street Culture Corridor

The Bloor Street Culture Corridor (BSCC), is a cultural district located in downtown Bloor Street West, between Bathurst and Bay Street.^[1] The group spans French, Japanese, Italian and aboriginal languages, encompass a range of visual art and music and include three museums: the Royal Ontario Museum, the Gardiner Museum and the Bata Shoe Museum.^[2]

Officially launched in April 2014, the promotional collective has the support of the Government of Ontario, the City of Toronto, the Toronto Arts Council and others.^[2]^[3] The group shares a web site, social media and a mobile app to promote exhibitions at its member institutions. The group seeks to become a cultural destination like New York City's Museum Mile or Montreal's Quartier des spectacles.^[2] The institutions have an annual attendance estimated at over two million per year.^[3]

Members

Member institutions in the corridor are:^[4]

Associated institutions, which are nearby or within the district, include the 918 Bathurst cultural centre, the Museum of Estonians Abroad and the Toronto Reference Library.^[5]

References

^ "Bloor St. Culture Corridor: About". Bloor St. Culture Corridor. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eastwood, Joel (27 March 2014). "Twelve Bloor St. arts institutions form new ‘Culture Corridor’". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Skinner, Justin (3 April 2014). "Bloor Street is now a ‘culture corridor’". InsideToronto.com (Metroland). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ "Bloor St. Culture Corridor: Culture Destinations". Bloor St. Culture Corridor. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
^ "Cultural Associates". Bloor Street Cultural Corridor. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

External links

Official web site

Neighbourhoods in Toronto

Old Toronto	Alexandra Park The Annex The Beaches Bedford Park Bickford Park Bloor West Village Bloor Street Culture Corridor Bloordale Village Bracondale Hill Brockton Village Cabbagetown Carleton Village Casa Loma Chaplin Estates Chinatown Church and Wellesley CityPlace Corktown Corso Italia Davenport Davisville Village Deer Park Discovery District Distillery District Downtown Yonge Dovercourt Park Dufferin Grove Earlscourt East Bayfront District East Danforth East Toronto Entertainment District Fashion District Financial District Forest Hill Garden District Gerrard India Bazaar Grange Park Greektown Harbord Village Harbourfront High Park North The Junction Junction Triangle Kensington Market Koreatown Lawrence Park Leslieville Liberty Village Little Italy Little Portugal Lytton Park Midtown Moore Park Moss Park Niagara North Toronto Norway Old Town Palmerston Parkdale Playter Estates Port Lands Queen Street West Railway Lands Regent Park Riverdale Roncesvalles Rosedale Runnymede St. James Town St. Lawrence Seaton Village South Hill South Core Summerhill Swansea Toronto Islands Trefann Court Trinity–Bellwoods Upper Beaches Uptown Toronto The Ward West Don Lands (Canary District) Wychwood Park Yonge and Eglinton Yorkville

North York	Amesbury Armour Heights Bathurst Manor Bayview Village Bayview Woods – Steeles Bermondsey Bridle Path Clanton Park Don Mills Don Valley Village Downsview Flemingdon Park Glen Park Graydon Hall Henry Farm Hillcrest Village Hoggs Hollow Humber Summit Humbermede Jane and Finch Lansing Lawrence Heights Lawrence Manor Maple Leaf Newtonbrook North York Centre Parkway Forest Parkwoods Pelmo Park – Humberlea Pleasant View Victoria Village Westminster–Branson Willowdale York Mills York University Heights

Scarborough	Agincourt Armadale Bendale Birch Cliff Brown's Corners Clairlea Cliffcrest Cliffside Dorset Park Eglinton East Golden Mile Guildwood Highland Creek Ionview L'Amoreaux Malvern Maryvale Milliken Morningside Morningside Heights Oakridge Port Union Rouge Scarborough City Centre Scarborough Junction Scarborough Village Steeles Tam O'Shanter – Sullivan West Hill West Rouge Wexford Woburn

Etobicoke	Alderwood Clairville Eatonville The Elms Eringate – Centennial – West Deane Humber Heights – Westmount Humber Valley Village Islington-City Centre West Humberwood Kingsview Village The Kingsway Long Branch Markland Wood Mimico New Toronto Princess Gardens Rexdale Richview The Queensway – Humber Bay Smithfield Thistletown

York	Baby Point Fairbank Humewood–Cedarvale Lambton Little Jamaica Mount Dennis Oakwood–Vaughan Old Mill Rockcliffe–Smythe Silverthorn Tichester Weston

East York	Bermondsey Crescent Town Governor's Bridge Leaside O'Connor–Parkview Old East York Pape Village Thorncliffe Park

Italics indicate neighbourhoods now defunct. For information on the evolution of each neighbourhood in general, see History of neighbourhoods in Toronto.

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