Johnny Au said:
Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):
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Every time someone calls this "Golden Corner" or "Champagne Corner" I laugh and think of Cape of Good Hope, which was really all stormy and awful. Or how they called it Greenland when it was all ice.

Yonge & Bloor has a stabby, edgy vibe to it topped only by the likes of Yonge & Dundas or Sherbourne and Shuter.

There's nothing Champagne or Golden about it! Haha.

Not even really the colours.

;)
 
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.
 
UrbanAffair said:
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.
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I'm picturing you at your most urbane, standing on the corner, calmly, as your waiter hands you a long-stemmed glass of straw hued Veuve, alive w/bubbles.......... and thinking what's so hard about that explanation? LOL
 
Yonge and Bloor will always mean the hulking block long, street vibe-killing, precast monster (HBC) to me... and why no-one has figured out how to punch some windows and doors into the thing. W Hotel was a bit of a start.
 
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adHominem said:
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)
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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.
 
hawc said:
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. ;)
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The actual intersection is...ok...a bit dodgy at times, but ok. Down at Charles is rougher due to Sanctuary and its denizens. I actually find Bloor and Spadina worse. Now, if you want "stabby", I have a friend who works up the street at Toronto Reference who can tell you some stories.
 
Now I'm trying to think what's the most dangerous intersection in Toronto for pedestrian on pedestrian violence (not cars) and which is the most chill intersection that just feels so lovely?

I gotta say from a downtown perspective, this is the one I've seen the most crazy stuff go down at. But maybe there's a worse one?

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Chillest intersection? This one is always very peaceful.

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I don’t feel like Yonge and Bloor ever had a stabby vibe - at least not since the mid/late 90s. Am I too young to know otherwise?
 
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