here's some sites to check out:
http://www.boldts.net/Tor7.shtml http://www.toronto.com/profile/146227/
Char
Yonge st. is a retail paradise mostly - lots of shopping. skyscrapers block out most of the sun and it can get very windy. panhandlers, homeless people and druggies are part of the hustle and bustle everyday. toronto is probably the most culturally diverse city in the world. at last count there was about 180 different ethnic groups in toronto i think. some toronto schools have 80 different languages in them! And there are restaurants for every one of them.
as yonge st. leaves toronto there are more suburbs but even off yonge in toronto there are the old neighbourhoods that are so wonderful.
Char