Yonge: Facebook

Yonge Street Dept: The Oral History of Yonge St. project will continue as a Facebook page, where you can share, comment, and browse more entries than we had space to print. Keep sending memories with your full name and contact info, please to kallen@thestar.ca , and we will keep adding them. No single text can hope to capture the madcap diversity of a street as storied as Yonge, but we can deliver a ripping good read, according to The Star. Kate Allen If streets could speak, Yonge might tell us what it s been like to serve as Toronto s spine for over two centuries, and what she thinks of her newest look, the month-long Celebrate Yonge pedestrian fair that launched Friday. But roads can t talk. So asked you our readers to tell Yonge Street s story with your own memories, and approached residents and shopkeepers for theirs as well. From horse-drawn wagons to the G20, the collected threads weave a rich tapestry of city life spanning 90 years. The stories here have been edited for clarity. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.