TORONTO, October 6, 2016 - The Bloor St. Culture Corridor is
thrilled to announce that the City of Toronto has designated Bloor St.
West, between Bathurst and Bay streets, a City of Toronto cultural
corridor.
City Councillor Joe Cressy said, "Culture is at the very heart of
this corridor. Within the neighbourhood, arts and culture have always
been there, and the Bloor St. Culture Corridor has put a stamp on it.
This is tremendous for the city, it's tremendous for the organizations
who have long given life and vibrancy to the corridor, and for our
residents as well. This is an arts district for the whole City of
Toronto."
Councillor
Michael Thompson, Chair of the City of Toronto Economic Development and
Culture Committee, said, "Recognition of this area as a cultural
corridor will enhance the neighbourhood's 'brand' and have a significant
impact on its economic, as well as cultural, development. As the
corridor evolves and flourishes, its success will strengthen the arts
and culture sector across the entire city."
The
Bloor St. Culture Corridor, created by the arts and culture
organizations along Bloor St. West and launched in 2014, is a creative
cluster where arts and culture organizations are working in partnership
to increase culture sector collaboration and to promote the area as a
cultural destination - an arts district - for Torontonians and tourists.
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor is
multi-organizational, multi-disciplinary, and multi-cultural. It is Toronto's most diverse arts and culture district.
All of
the Bloor St. Culture Corridor organizations present arts and cultural
events for the public year-round in destination venues located along a
vibrant stretch of Bloor Street West. People can enjoy a wide variety of
arts genres, including museum and art exhibitions, music concerts,
films, theatre, arts classes, and culture talks, and opportunities to
experience some of Toronto's cultural diversity, including French,
Jewish, Italian, Japanese, Estonian, and Aboriginal arts and culture.
Hundreds of arts and culture events take place on the Bloor St. Culture
Corridor every month.
The
Bloor St. Culture Corridor welcomes more than three million people to
its organizations each year, employs more than 5500 people, and
generates more than $629,000,000 in economic impact every year.
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor includes:
- 918 Bathurst Centre
- Alliance Française de Toronto
- Bata Shoe Museum
- Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
- Gardiner Museum
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura
- The Japan Foundation
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Museum of Estonians Abroad
- Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
- The Randolph Centre for the Arts
- Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
- Soundstreams
- The Royal Conservatory of Music / Koerner Hall
- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
- Talisker Players
- The Toronto Consort
- Toronto Reference Library
- University of Toronto Faculty of Music
The Bloor St. Culture Corridor submitted a
request to the City of Toronto asking for official designation of
the Bloor St. Culture Corridor as a City of Toronto cultural corridor.
The City of Toronto created a Staff Report recommending the designation
of Bloor St. West, Bathurst to Bay, as one of Toronto's cultural
corridors. The Staff Report went to the Economic Development and Culture
Committee, where, on Monday, September 19, it
was unanimously approved. It then went to City Council, where it was
adopted into effect. The Bloor St. Culture Corridor will continue to
function independently as a consortium, and will collaborate with the
City of Toronto.
"Our hope is that this recognition of the Bloor St. Culture
Corridor will provide visibility as one of the city's designated
cultural corridors, and the ability to work with the City of Toronto
on initiatives such as culture sector development, positioning and
promoting the City of Toronto as a cultural destination, the City's
Music Strategy, and city planning. We look forward to collaborating with
the City, other cultural corridors and consortiums in Toronto and
around the world, and to continuing to develop the Bloor St. Culture
Corridor as a hub of arts and culture events," said Heather Kelly, who
gathered the arts organizations in the area to create the Bloor St.
Culture Corridor.
"The
Bloor St. Culture Corridor looks forward to working together with the
City of Toronto to continue to develop our city as a vibrant,
innovative, creative and cultural city."
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