The Junction is not full of tourists, but it is starting to be thronged by locals. It may get a few more tourists in the coming years with gentrification and brewery creep, and more power to it, but I'm not concerned with the tourists really. It's us locals who are seeking out more character-filled areas of town for whom I hope we can save them. Nothing much built post 1960 has done all that well at street level, so here's for identifying the good stuff and trying to save it.
I have done some work on Google Street View, and have a bunch of photos to show, probably more than you need, but there are a bunch of interesting examples.
First, here's the comparison with a flat front (which I am not interested in) from the 60s or 70s on the north side of Dundas:
And then, starting on the south side, here are a hole pile of them, some very old, some only moderately old.
Below, it's the one more hidden by the tree I find interesting:
Gerhard is intersting in that the ground floor lines up with "Toronto north" whereas Dundas runs on a slant to the grid, and the upper story and rest of the building hugs Dundas.
Deep, deep vitrines at Pekota:
1930s or 40s here?
Quite a bit older again, beside something brand new:
On the north side, there's this. 40s or 50s?
Another incredibly deep one at Safe-Guard. 1920s?
Anyway, you get the idea. They aren't everywhere here, but there are lot of them here, from many different decades.
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