Kensington Market
Past Chinatown, we ended up in another cute multicultural neighborhood: Kensington Market. The eclectic shops and cafés are stuck between Spadina and Little Italy. We spotted Latino, European, Middle-Eastern and North African shops.
There was an artsy feeling in the air. Murales, graffitis and trendy hippie chic clothes, along with numerous bikes and narrow streets that — gasp! — can’t probably be navigated by car easily.
This neighborhood reminded me a little bit of some New Zealand cities such as Christchurch or Queenstown: relaxed and easy-going, with a thing for organic and homegrown food and promoting a somewhat alternative lifestyle.
 Bikes On Spadina |
 Graffitis |
 Tease Who? |
 Skyline From Spadina |
 If The Environment Was a Bank… |
 Pothead Ad |
 Murale |
 Nuts |
 Street Signs |
 Bike Parked |
 Geisha |
 CN Tower And Shops |
 Stop Sign |
 Small Alley |
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@Gabriel — I didn’t even know you lived in Toronto at the time! Did you notice, they have quite a few latino shops there.
@Bluefish — Really? I didn’t have this feeling.
@Agnes — Funny the perception we have of places… looked fine to me!
@Lizz — I love it too!
@Nigel Babu — I know, it caught me eye right away!
@shionge@hotmail.com — Happy New Year Shionge!
@Tulsa Gentleman — That is really cold… and unusual I guess! Stay warm.
@Linguist-in-Waiting — I kinda of like urban decay actually, as long as there is a message. I hate this silly graffiti signatures (except when there are a bunch like in the picture, it becomes art then!) but murales are fine to me.
@RennyBA’s Terella — You’d love the place — the food looked awesome.
@London Caller — Yeah, not quite the same Kensington
i’m pretty sure i’d like kensingtom market. i love all the stickers and graffitis– especially the one about if the environment was a bank, we would have saved it by now. wish you would have taken some photos of the little restaurants and coffee shops too. because that’s proably where i’d be hanging out. someplace warm with some coffee. blowing on the steam.
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This looks like my kind of place! I love bikes
That parked bike looks very funky, I wonder if someone put it together or if that’s how it was made. Has the banana seat, which is very cool…
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Salut Zhu,
Hey, this is the FUNKY part of town ! FUN !!
The types of signs and advertising in a place tells you a lot about the type of people who live/ frequent the place.
This feels of course young,perhaps student,artistic,and original.