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Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and other civic assets named after Dundas - such as Yonge–Dundas Square. [18] A new name was to be chosen by April 2022; [18] however, it took until December 2023 for City Council to approve the new name of Sankofa Square, after a Ghanaian term referring to the act of reflecting on ...
Following controversy over the namesake of Dundas Street, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who delayed the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, [6] Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and other civic assets named after Dundas – such as Dundas station. [7] A new name will be chosen in April 2022. [7]
In early 2014, mall management began an effort to enforce usage of the full "Toronto Eaton Centre" name. However, at that time, exterior signage was inconsistent as to the centre's name, with signs facing Yonge–Dundas Square simply reading "Eaton Centre" while several others used the full name. [6]
Looking north at the corner of Yonge and Dundas, near Yonge-Dundas Square Highway 427 northbound approaching interchange with Dundas Street, with Cloverdale Mall in the right of the background Dundas Street in Mississauga Dundas Street reverts to its historic alternate name in the street's namesake community; Dundas, Hamilton.
A new name was to be chosen in April 2022. [4] In December 2023, citing costs, Toronto ultimately decided to keep Dundas' name for the street but to rename Yonge-Dundas Square and the two subway stations named after him, Dundas and Dundas West.
The Downtown Yonge area is best known as the home of the Toronto Eaton Centre indoor mall, Toronto’s largest and most visited tourist attraction. Adjacent to the mall, at the corner of Yonge and Dundas Street is Yonge-Dundas Square, a large public square. The area is well known for shopping, including music retailers, mid-priced fashion ...
On May 1, 2011, Hakim Optical opened its new flagship location at Yonge–Dundas Square in Toronto which is two blocks away from the original 1967 location.. In November 2017, Hakim Optical partnered with virtual reality and augmented reality agency VusionVR Inc. to expand the in-store service by offering an app that would take a customer's selfie and apply a Snapchat-like filter of the ...
Yonge and Dundas 1948 1972 1 Current site of Yonge-Dundas Square. Dufferin Drive-In Dufferin and Steeles 1950 1984 1 Eastwood Theatre 1430 Gerrard Street East (near Ashdale Avenue) 1927 1985 1 Later was the Naaz [6] and then the India Centre mall. [7] In 2015 it was heavily renovated and converted to apartments with retail on the ground floor. [8]