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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This is the area of Toronto that I walked around the most, back in 2001 when I was new to Canada and desperate because I couldn’t get a job.
I have vivid memories of all these places…
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This area seems to be a bit ganster to me :p
Love your photography {a lot!} but I really wouldn’t wanna live in this neighborhood {based on some of these images}.
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Wow, that Geisha mural was fantastic. Reminds me of Mucha.
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I like the “if the environment was a bank…”, so true!
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