The West Toronto Junction Is In The Spotlight Again, This Time In The New York Times’ Travel Guide

Screenshot: The New York Times: Travel: Surfacing: Skid Row to Hip in Toronto,
Published: July 5, 2009
By Michael Kaminer
Photo: Rawlicious, a "living foods" cafe in the Junction section of Toronto.
By Steve Payne for The New York Times

The New York Times published a travel essay Skid Row to Hip in Toronto by Michael Kaminer. He described the meteoritic rise of the Junction section of the city from the skid row to a hip neighbourhood in the XXI Century. There are a few establishments of our truly exciting retail strip mentioned in the article:

• Pandemonium: New & Used Books & Discs
• Delight Chocolates: Handmade Organic Fair Trade Chocolate
• Rawlicious: Living Foods, Zen Den, Superfoods
• Cool Hand of a Girl: A Coffee Shop
• Margret: Bar
• Junction Arts Festival: Wednesday, September 9 to Sunday, September 13 2009 in the Toronto community of the Junction

Let’s hope that the dreams about the future of the Junction where "the young and artsy are taking advantage of empty storefronts and low-slung houses" will become a
real estatereality.

Are you planning a trip to the Abbot Kinney Boulevard of Toronto?
Anytime is a good time to visit The Junction. Take an advice from Michael Kaminer: "But the best time to visit may be in September, when a five-block section of Dundas Street West, between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue, closes for the Junction Arts Festival (www.junctionartsfest.com). The five-day jamboree of music and art began as a tiny indoor fair in 1992 and drew 250,000 people last year."

See You There!

links:
nytimes.com: Frugal Traveler | Toronto
O Canada, Where Have Your Bargains Gone?
By MATT GROSS

Junction Arts Festival Blog: New York Times . . ."Just got a call from a writer in the U.S. telling us that there is a story about the Junction and the Festival coming out Sunday July 5th in the New York Times. So pick up a copy or come by here to get a cut and paste of what they have to say. They did a similar story a number of years ago about Queen Street West. Seems that the Junction is making waves and we here at the Festival are ecstatic to be part of it."
By Michael Menegon the author of this post is the creative director of the Junction Arts Festival.

A view from the window of the Junction Business Improvement Area's office,
where you can read this article
2009 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

The young and artsy transform the Junction’s empty storefronts
and low-slung houses block by block: This is Malta Village area.
2009 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

Margret, 1960s-theme bar / lounge for the Junction with art house screenings
2009 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

The Junction is enjoying a post-industrial revival.
As Angus Crawford said "This could become the Abbot Kinney Boulevard of Toronto."
On the right is a Toronto food landmark, Vesuvio Pizzeria & Spaghetti House.
2009 @ artjunction.blogspot.com

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