Toronto Yorkville Holiday Magic Lights Walk (Dec 2021)

A Friday evening Toronto walk through the Yorkville neighbourhood to check out the Holiday Magic Christmas and holiday lights.
0:01 - TTC Bloor-Yonge Station
2:00 - West on Bloor Street West
7:08 - North on Bellair Street
8:00 - West on Cumberland Street
13:20 - North on Avenue Road
15:06 - East on Yorkville Avenue
17:30 - North on Hazelton Avenue
18:32 - East on Scollard Street
21:10 - South on Bay Street
22:13 - West on Yorkville Avenue
25:25 - Old York Lane
29:15 - West on Bloor Street West
36:00 - North on Bedford Road
36:52 - TTC St George Station
Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS with a DJI Pocket 2.
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[@VC-mo5yg]

Oh Johnny. Oh my. So absolutely stunning and thank you thank you thank from the bottom of my heart. I love my tdot soooooooo much and l achingly miss this all so much! Your camera work is superb and via you, my armchair visitation is as if l am so wistfully chez Toronto. I can't graciously thank you enough. It's all so dreamy. Be safe and stay healthy Mr. JS. We love 💘 ❤ you for your generous ❤ 💕 and patient entertaining ❤ heart!

[@JohnnyStrides]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shahzaibsheikh4002]

You are the best walk around vlogger I might think in canada 🤔

[@bartford4576]

Great video's that let us go on your wonderful ADVENTURES! !, Stay Healthy, strong and ALWAYS. BE SAFE !,!, I WISH YOU BECOME MORE AND MORE PROSPEROUS,but keep the magic of your video's. I wish you the best ,,,,

[@margaret2239]

I like the new benches on Bloor Street.

[@kathleenwallace1165]

Thank you for this wonderful video of Bloor Street and the Yorkville area! We really enjoyed seeing all the Christmas lights!

[@margaret2239]

Nice to see Toronto lit up for Christmas.

[@dilrubahossain4081]

Just gorgeous ❤🥰Johnny a beautiful Christmas trees decorations with lights were breathtaking thank you so much 🥰😀Enjoyed this tour!

[@aaronhockey8935]

Dude i read your STAR interview, way cool! You have done your community a great service, and even tho i am in arizona you have kept me sane thru old lockdowns while still keeping my love alive for that city.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Thank you!

[@good_to_be_gold8]

Yorkville is the place to be for bright lights and nice photos. I enjoyed this walk along.

[@ostbagar3]

I don’t do christmas but i love to watch all the lights everywhere😃thank’s for this lighttour! Amazing! TC!🖐

[@christinemcmurray207]

Hi Johnny Like those lighted benches. Shout out to all that keep the Toronto subways clean. Thanks again for an delighted informed video of Toronto. Greetings and and an early Merry Christmas to my fellow Canadians🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦From Winnipeg Manitoba 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@janely6055]

I live near this area. I walk pass this area at least once a week. Nice video. Thanks.

[@GermanKorb]

Really nice. I think it will look even nicer with some fresh snow on the ground.

[@mariaisabel6111]

Após passar o Natal e o Ano Novo aqui no Canadá ,De volta ao Brasil,levando comigo as fotos deste lugares , maravilhoso, deslumbrante, conheçi todos os lugares mostrados por Johnny nós vídeos, CONTINUE JOHNNY, DESBRAVANDO O CANADÁ MOSTRANDO A SUA BELEZA.

[@marie-jo4429]

Forwarding your video to my family who live it hot countries Thanks!!!!

[@franklynmars3207]

Hi Johnny....trust me not goin to ly lol but this was indeed a gorgeous trendy@ sharp pre-holiday walk around our contemporary yorkville village with its awesume high-end shops sexy boutiques and services via the mink mile. I'm loving the lights on the trees@ Cumberland St.including opposite the fountain and that walkway with the steel tunnel square bars. at least I'm very sure we are going to 100%be in the festive spirit this year despite the cases wich no doubt we are doin very well compared to last yr at this time! yea was laughing when you say the only thing you buy put frum holt renfrew was a tie at around 34:23 wile I watch yur streams with time length backwards lol any houu cheers

[@johnscreativephotography3877]

Thank you ❤️

[@beentheredonethat8280]

Beautiful area of the city.

[@alvaroboschet1231]

Beautiful walk Johnny thanks.

[@hyacinthgordon5295]

Beautiful 😍. Thanks for sharing 👍😊

[@sandraashton868]

Loved the lights especially those circular benches with the red and green lighting I swear one day you are going to catch a full blown car crash on one of your videos there are some very nasty crashes happening here in Melbourne I think people have forgotten thier driving skills after being in lockdown for so long anyway have a great week and a big g'day mate from Melbourne Australia 🎅🤶👍🍁🌲🌏🌝🇦🇺🇨🇦

[@dylanreynolds8264]

this is beauitful

[@annabaldori]

Grazie mille

[@rjcarter2904]

Beautiful

[@missyogiebear]

Loved the Xmas street lights, I rewatched this video tonight and this video is more stunning watching it in a darkened room... I bet they are fab to see in person. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊 *at 6.35 you said the holiday lights are on between Nov 27th and Dec 1st... do you mean 31st? 🤔 *

[@JohnnyStrides]

Whoops! lol

[@jonap5740]

Thank you, Johnny. Lovely to see the lights, although I prefer the Hazelton Lanes of days gone by, when you could skate inside, then grab a hot chocolate at the little cafe. I think the ROM has no money, so no lights for the holidays. (The world is 6,000 years old, haven't you heard?!! And probably flat, to boot!). Looking forward to seeing more of the lights around town. Cheers!

[@JohnnyStrides]

Thanks for watching!

[@elianeliu6259]

🥰🥰💕💕💕🥰🥰 awesome thanks 🥰🥰

[@prathibhayr6594]

Nice video

[@totoroutes5389]

Are you soon going to record walkvideo on Unwin Avenue (east of Cherry Street to Leslie Street) ?

[@JohnnyStrides]

I don't have any plans to do that.. I've ridden my bike through there before.

[@dannynicart2389]

👍

[@myonghan1260]

구독 좋아요 😁♥️

[@e.blakebklyn5402]

😉😉🤗

[@mchammer3180]

whats good in yorkville other than shopping

[@jonap5740]

Very fancy places to get an alcoholic beverage, and very high end restaurants. Fancy salons for hair and nails. Mostly it's about consuming goods.

[@Argonaut121]

@@jonap5740 Also some pricey condos and townhouses.

[@cgurl]

@@VC-mo5yg are you ok

[@ageoflove1980]

Love the channel, never been to Toronto but it seems like an interesting place. However, I do feel like it has a long way to go and that its still pretty far from being a "world-class city" (I dont mean not a world class place to live mind you, obviously Toronto is up there with the best in that regard). A great city is alot more than alot of people and big buildings. From what I get from these videos is that Toronto... cant really put my finger on it, but it feels like its something between a city and a suburb. Now this is not the only North American city that suffers from this. L.A. which i do know quite well has this problem too, as many other car centic North American cities. Now this has a couple of reasons in my opinion. First and foremost its of course completely developed with the car in mind. All these huge intersecting roads prevent that real inner city feeling. Secondly its perhaps the climate. Which such a large part of the year being cold and wet or snowy, its harder for city life to occur. Last of all and perhaps most importantly, it doenst have an old town like Montreal for example that gives the city a more European feel. A possible solution for this is to simply reduce the amout of roads in the center. There are many ways to do this but an interesting one is creating "superblocks". Instead of having roads around a single block, have roads around 4 or even 9 blocks and pedestrianize the roads within the superblock. Now you could still run street cars through it or bike lanes, in Amsterdam thats really common, as long as you get rid of the cars. You could plant big trees instead, allow restaurants to have (covered) outdoor seating. Maybe add a fountain, a statue or some other art installation in central crossing of the superblock... You get the idea. Im sure Toronto does have some places like this and its not all bad, but it clearly needs more to get it to the next level. You could even cover the entire superblock with a roof to create a giant arcade, dunno, get creative. Its all about creating a lively, more pedestrian friendy enviroment where you dont have to walk along side major roads with lots of traffic and having your path blocked by crossings wih lenghty traffic light waits. It would also make the city much more tourism friendly and potentially make it a more desirable destination for city trips.

[@torink8229]

Hey Sander, you kinda nailed it. The city is in fact extremely aware of this and that is why city planning initiatives are focusing on reducing car-dependence, increasing public transit and walkability and building neighbourhoods that are more urban and pedestrian-oriented and vibrant. This is primary going to be around future planned transit stations and is called ‘Transit Oriented Growth’ as well as densifying streets currently zoned for single family homes. For some of Toronto’s future developments there is a massive pedestrian only street being planned in the north of the city (Downsview) as well as mid-block connections akin to what you see in European streets. You also will see this in the massive East Harbour site, a new employment district being planned in the east end and the massive 2150 lakeshore Blvd site that is the spitting image of Europe imo. this aligns with the govt of Canada 15-min neighbourhood endorsement. Similarly, in Toronto’s suburbs like Vaughan or Brampton, there are serious planning initiatives to build pedestrian connections and densify/infill to ensure that people’s primary node of getting around is walking, cycling or transit as well as investing in Arts/culture industries and futurist and iconic design to give a more wordly feel. The latter being Brampton.

[@ageoflove1980]

@@torink8229 It just feels a bit frustrating how scared some cities seem in really pressing forward. Maybe it's the politicians not wanting to piss off voters who get stuck in traffic and blame them. Maybe it's just the North American mindset of wanting alot of personal space, big car, big detached house, big parking lots, all that. I always think about 5th avenue in New York. Ban cars for the entire length, maybe add a streetcar or a dedicated cycling lane. Plant big trees the entire length. Add park benches. Have cafes spill out onto the pavement with big Paris style terasses... You'll have a truly world class shopping street right there. I dunno, maybe I'm too idealistic. I mean, there is the homeless population too, streets like that will probably work like a magnet for all types of unsavory business. But then again, it's also kinda defeatist to let that issue dictate your city design.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Interesting observations. I would argue that aside from NYC every other city in NA has the same faults but to an even greater degree. Cheers

[@ageoflove1980]

@@JohnnyStrides Well yes sadly for the most part. There are some exceptions like Montreal, Vancouver seems a bit more lively as well and in the US cities like New Orleans, possibly San Francisco and perhaps Boston which did a great job putting that awful highway in the city centre underground. I do expect Canada to move forward quite quicker that the US considering creating more livable city centres. There just seems more political will to do so and they suffer considerably less from the homelessness issues, with all the tents and whatnot on the sidewalks in the downtown areas. Not Just Bikes is a great KZbin channel by a Canadian guy who moved to Amsterdam and has some really strong opinions on cars dominating NA cities. Thanks for showing us all the work that's being done in Toronto! Keep it up!

[@torink8229]

@@ageoflove1980 Where are you from? What are your favourite cities?