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Photography: Homage to Yonge Street |
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Homage to Yonge Street
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yonge Street used to be branded as the longest street in the world. The claim stemmed from its eventual connection to Highway 11, so the marketing explained that it ran between Rainy River on the border with Minnesota and Toronto's lakefront. Named after Sir George Yonge in 1793, Yonge Street characterises Canada's most populous city by dividing eastern and western Toronto as well as being the route of Canada's first subway line. The street has witnessed violence, from the 4 December 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion to the 23 April 2018 terrorist attack using a van to run down pedestrians. Yonge Street remains a contemporary and historic icon for locals and visitors.
All images are copyright Ilan Kelman.
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Yonge Street looking south from north of Finch Avenue to Lake Ontario (2024). |
Start and End
It is what is says it is (2025).
Yonge Street starts and ends (2005).
Kilometre zero: The view from the water (2005).
Looking north from the start and end (2005).
Looking south from Queensville Side Road at not-really-the-start-and-end of Yonge Street (2025).
Looking at the intersection with Queensville Side Road at not-really-the-start-and-end of Yonge Street (2025).
Looking along Queensville Side Road at not-really-the-start-and-end of Yonge Street (2025).
Looking south from the real start and end of Yonge Street (2025).
The edge of Yonge Street's paving (2025).
Where Yonge Street really starts and ends (dead end / dead start) in East Gwillimbury (2025).
Going North in Toronto
View from The Esplanade (2016).
A cultural centre (2016).
A sports centre (2016).
Just south of Wellington Street (2016).
At King Street (2016).
The art of Yonge Street (2016).
Archway to Victoria Street (2016).
Just south of Richmond Street (2016).
At Queen Street (2016).
Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre (2016).
To escape from fire along Yonge Street (2016).
Make Yonge Street Grate Again (2016).
The Scramble (2010).
Toronto Metropolitan University (then Ryerson University) at Gould Street (2016).
Close-up of Toronto Metropolitan University (then Ryerson University) (2016).
McGill Street Arch (2016).
At the McGill Street Arch (2016).
At Wellesley Street (2017).
From Dundonald Street to Gloucester Street (2017).
At Charles Street (2017).
Yonge and Bloor (2017).
Toronto Reference Library at Asquith Avenue (2017).
The memorial to Conrad the Raccoon at Church Street / Davenport Road (2025).
The memorial to Conrad the Raccoon at Church Street / Davenport Road (2025).
Blossoming at Davenport Road and Scollard Street (2017).
Local history at Aylmer Avenue (2017).
The changing face of Yonge Street (2017).
Walking on art (2017).
Selling wares along Yonge Street (2017).
Wilting (2017).
What Canadian thoroughfare would be complete without? Eh? (2017).
Mt Pleasant Cemetery (2017).
TTC Headquarters at Chaplin Crescent (2017).
From Roslin Avenue (2017).
Towards York Mills Valley (2017).
Entering the 401 (2017).
Real Canadian food at Mel Lastman Square (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
Memorial in North York Centre for the 23 April 2018 van attack (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
Reflection (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
Messages in Olive Square (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
Bench in Olive Square (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
At Finch Avenue (2017).
Strip mall at Patricia Avenue (2017).
Centerpoint Shopping Mall (2017).
Going North Beyond Toronto
Approaching Steeles Avenue (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
The northern border of Toronto at Yonge Street (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Yonge Street just north of Toronto (Thornhill, Canada, 2017).
Yonge Street looking north in Thornhill (Thornhill, Canada, 2021).
Yonge Street looking south in Thornhill (Thornhill, Canada, 2021).
Yonge Street at Longbridge Road (Thornhill, Canada, 2021).
Yonge Street underneath Highway 7 (on the border of Thornhill and Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street approaching Highway 7 from the north (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
8888 Yonge Street (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street from outside the Cream and Sugar Café and Bistro (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street from inside the Cream and Sugar Café and Bistro (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street at Lorne Avenue (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Statue at Wright Street (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street at Elgin Mills Road (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
Fence at 10,886 Yonge Street (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street at Bernard Avenue (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
Tree along Yonge Street just north of Brookside Road (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
St. Mary and St. Joseph Coptic Orthodox Church (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
Looking south along Yonge Street from Tower Hill Road (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Living along Yonge Street (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street at Bond Lake (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street at Bond Lake (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
12,830 Yonge Street (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
The Bond on Yonge at Bond Crescent (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
Aubrey Avenue and North Lake Road (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
Between Regatta Avenue and Elm Grove Avenue (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Aurora Cemetery (Aurora, Canada, 2025).
Looking north along Yonge Street to the A of Aurora (Aurora, Canada, 2025).
Greenery along Yonge Street near the Aurora-Newmarket border (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
St. Andrew's Village at Yonge Street (Aurora, Canada, 2025).
Entering the south end of Newmarket on Yonge Street (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
Living along on Yonge Street (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
The headquarters of York Region, 17,150 Yonge Street (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
York Region water tower along Yonge Street (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
Thinking in a silo along Yonge Street north of Green Lane (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street approaching Highway 11 and Old Yonge Street (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Where Yonge Street becomes Highway 11 (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Newmarket Inn at Highway 11 and Old Yonge Street (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Looking north along Yonge Street across the railway tracks north of Old Yonge Street (Holland Landing, Canada, 2025).
Looking south along Yonge Street at Queen Street / Mount Albert Road (Holland Landing, Canada, 2025).
East Gwillimbury Fire Station 2-4 (Holland Landing, Canada, 2025).
House on Yonge Street just south of Bradford Street / Thompson Drive (Holland Landing, Canada, 2025).
Looking south on Yonge Street to Bradford Street / Thompson Drive (Holland Landing, Canada, 2025).
Stop sign on Yonge Street going south at Queensville Side Road (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
20,536 Yonge Street (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Looking north along Yonge Street at Morgans Road (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Looking south along Yonge Street near its start and end (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Looking at Silver Lakes Golf and Conference Centre from Yonge Street near the start and end of Yonge Street (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
21,137 Yonge Street, the last and first address (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Signs of Yonge Street
Yonge Street sign on Queensville Side Road, Route 77 between the two different legs of Yonge Street (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Yonge Street sign along Queensville Side Road, Route 77 (2025).
Where Yonge Street becomes Highway 11 (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Yonge and Davis (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
Road Work on Yonge (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
At Bond Lake (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2023).
Yonge Street connecting to Highway 7 (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
In Thornhill (Thornhill, Canada, 2021).
In Newtonbrook (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
In Willowdale (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
At Sheppard-Yonge subway station (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Exit 369 from the 401 (Toronto, Canada, 2016).
Exiting the 401 (Toronto, Canada, 2016).
Yonge Lawrence Village (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Stop for the St. Clair streetcar (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
At Crescent Road (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
In PATH at Yonge and Bloor (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Entering Bloor-Yonge subway station from PATH (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Route of Heroes (Toronto, Canada, 2016).
Exiting the CF Toronto Eaton Centre at Dundas (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Exiting the CF Toronto Eaton Centre (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Yonge Downtown (Toronto, Canada, 2016).
Stop signs along Melinda Street and Colborne Street (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Sign at the Gardiner Expressway viewed from the GO Train (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Travelling Yonge Street
The 97 (Toronto, Canada, 2016).
Riding the 97 (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
GO bus (Toronto, Canada, 2018).
VIVA bus driving along Yonge Street (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
Bus stop along Yonge Street at 19th Avenue (Richmond Hill, Canada, 2025).
York Region Transit bus stop along Yonge Street at Route 77 (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Cyclist turning off Yonge Street onto Crescent Road (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Cycle lane north of Sawmill Valley Drive / Savage Road (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
Cycling north on Yonge Street at Hunters Glen Road (Aurora, Canada, 2025).
Driving along Yonge Street at Moore Park Avenue and Madawaska Avenue (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Walking across Yonge Street at Eagle Street (Newmarket, Canada, 2025).
The Yonge subway route (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Riding the Yonge Subway line between Rosedale and Bloor-Yonge stations (Toronto, Canada, 2015).
The Yonge subway train approaching Rosedale (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Extending the Yonge subway (Toronto, Canada, 2017).
Driving south along Yonge Street through Aurora (Aurora, Canada, 2025).
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Not Yonge Street
Looking south into Toronto Harbour from kilometre zero of Yonge Street (Toronto, Canada, 2025).
Old Yonge Street where Yonge Street and Highway 11 meet (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
North of where Yonge Street starts and ends (East Gwillimbury, Canada, 2025).
Highway 11, not Yonge Street (just north of Barrie, Canada, 2023).
Highway 11, not Yonge Street, reaches Rainy River despite this claim at kilometre zero of Yonge Street (Toronto, Canada, 2025).
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