{"id":769,"date":"2006-05-11T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T16:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=769"},"modified":"2006-05-11T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2006-05-11T16:33:54","slug":"backstreets-of-toronto-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/05\/11\/backstreets-of-toronto-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstreets of Toronto Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/hello\/78\/1287\/320\/tranbyboswell.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The great thing about the internet-o-sphere is it allows for stuff like the &#8220;Backstreets of Toronto Tours&#8221; that Jamie posts over on <a href=\"http:\/\/jbwarehouse.blogspot.com\">JB&#8217;s Warehouse and Curio Emporium<\/a>. Yesterday he posted a tour of Boswell Avenue, a funny little street that runs off of Avenue Road. I&#8217;ve often used it as quiet shortcut, as it&#8217;s dead-ended on Avenue to prevent cars from cutting through. It reminds me of the dead-ended streets in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, along the border of Detroit. Those were to keep Detroit out &#8212; the Toronto ones are much more altruistic. From his post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As for why Boswell was blocked off, the THB report notes this happened after &#8220;a car accident and a personal injury which raised community concern about safety on the street with the rise in traffic on Avenue Road.&#8221; No date or extent of the injuries was given. Use your imagination for the best\/unhappiest scenario.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you look on the sidebar, there are nice tours of other streets, like <a href=\"http:\/\/jbwarehouse.blogspot.com\/2005\/09\/backstreets-of-toronto-croft-st-part.html\">Croft<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/jbwarehouse.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/backstreets-of-toronto-fitzroy-terrace.html\">Fitzroy Terrace<\/a>. Further evidence that Toronto is worth exploring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great thing about the internet-o-sphere is it allows for stuff like the &#8220;Backstreets of Toronto Tours&#8221; that Jamie posts over on JB&#8217;s Warehouse and Curio Emporium. Yesterday he posted a tour of Boswell Avenue, a funny little street that runs off of Avenue Road. 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