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Nice areas to shop in Toronto

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where are some cool places to go in downtown toronto that look nice and may have a bit of shopping, so far i got, bloor street, yorkville, queen street, eatons centre, anything else thats cool around toronto and pics would be great too
 
There are dozens more. This might be useful to you: http://www.blogto.com/neighbourhoods/ (Toronto Life has a list like this too, but Toronto Life is kinda lame.)

Leslieville is a glaring omission from your list. http://www.blogto.com/leslieville

Little Italy is another. http://www.blogto.com/littleitaly

The Beaches. http://www.blogto.com/beaches

The Distillery District has some touristy galleries and shops. Very historic and scenic. http://www.blogto.com/distillery

Liberty Village is similarly scenic, although it's been marred by ugly condos and a big box retail strip. Some neat stores and old buildings there.

Kensington Market is a must-see. It's not for everyone, but if urbanism is your thing as your name suggests, definitely check it out. http://www.blogto.com/kensington

Ossington is trendy. http://www.blogto.com/ossington

Incidentally, the strip of Queen around Ossington is called West Queen West, which is the "good" part of Queen that you hear people talking about. The strip of Queen between University Avenue and Spadina is the crap part full of mall stores, which is cool if you're a 14 year old girl I guess...

King West has some nice upscale retail and and an amazing streetscape. http://www.blogto.com/kingwest



Some of my personal favourites are The Junction around Dundas & Keele and Baldwin Villagehttp://www.blogto.com/baldwinvillage. There are also some great little spots around the Bloor & Bathurst area, like Mirvish Village and Harbord Street.
 
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I find Yonge north of Eglinton, enjoyable as well - it's a little bit further out and I wouldn't call it touristy exactly ... has a lot of mix of interesting shopping (upscale to a small degree) and restaurants.
The Kingsway is also interesting.
 
Yeah, I forgot to mention Yonge & Eglinton. There's some nice stuff on Yonge for several blocks north of Eglinton as well. It's a great walk when the weather's nice.
 
I discovered a whole new area I had no idea existed! Queen, east of Woodbine ... quite amazing - has some of the feel of Yonge and Eglinton- no condos / highrises whatsoever though - lots of interesting stores / restaurants - a beautiful park - Kew Gardens, that leads down to Woodbine beach. It was pretty packed today (Sunday) as well - seems like a pretty family oriented neighborhood.

Only negatives to me were the strong reliance on the Queen streetcar to get to the core - you can take the bus (woodbine) up to bloor and across I guess. I couldn't find one but I didn't see a large grocery store in the area (I saw an IGA, but it was midsize).
 
threnody said:
I'm glad you had a good time but you seriously had no idea the Beach existed?
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I know it's sad, isn't it :)

Well - let be more clear - I've known the beaches (i.e. Woodbine beach) ash bay bridges park ... and I even knew the strip on Queen up to Woodbine ... which is OK, but nothing further east.


Really, nice areas in Etobicoke? Anything other then the Kingsway on Bloor? Which is very nice as well.
I know of a few parks but that's it.
 
taal said:
I know it's sad, isn't it :)

Well - let be more clear - I've known the beaches (i.e. Woodbine beach) ash bay bridges park ... and I even knew the strip on Queen up to Woodbine ... which is OK, but nothing further east.
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I think Urban Shocker gave the best history lesson of the area:

Urban Shocker said:
Art student friends used to rent rooms in homes there in the early '70s because it was cheap and nobody went there unless they lived there. Taking the streetcar that far east was an adventure.

Then, sometime in the '80s, it became California.
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The house prices are pretty sky high, though they are bigger than the typical Victorian you may get on the west side of Queen. You may not have seen the winding ravine that runs through the area on the north side. It creates some very quiet isolated lots that are highly prized.

It really is one of the city's geographically quirkiest neighbourhoods.

Did you see the epic RC Harris Plant? It's worth a visit back for that.
 
taal said:
Really, nice areas in Etobicoke? Anything other then the Kingsway on Bloor? Which is very nice as well.
I know of a few parks but that's it.
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Holy 3.5 year old thread bump...

Islington Village along Dundas just before Six Points is kinda interesting, some good Korean joints in there. I swear nobody knows about Islington Village.
 
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