Victorian storefronts along Toronto's West Queen West
Most of these three-storey buildings along Queen Street West in Toronto function as they have since they were built in the late 19th century: with a store on the main floor and apartments or, occasionally, small offices on the second and third floors.
About this place:
West Queen West is the name locals have given the stretch of Queen Street running from just east of Trinity-Bellwoods Park west to Dufferin Street, where the old village of Parkdale begins. Home first to the city's outlying mental hospital (today part of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), then to Irish immigrants in the late 19th century, and more recently to those from the Ukraine and Portugal, the area around West Queen West is now also home to Asian immigrants and to many students, artists and young professionals. Today it is a vibrant district with a variety of restaurants and bars, independent clothing and design boutiques, and art and photography galleries, anchored by the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCCA) and the Drake and Gladstone hotels.
(No street address given)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Discovered by Stephanie Fysh
on 22 January 2008.
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