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The University of Toronto’s new, very simple Varsity Stadium at Bloor W. and Bedford has been criticized for not contributing to this rapidly developing stretch of Bloor by adding retail, residents or interesting architecture. To me, however, its simplicity is actually a good balance — it opens up a stretch of the street just asContinue readinghttps://spacing.ca/toronto/images/varsity-open.jpg