| King West Village is one of the most
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| | The reason for this unique flavour of
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| dynamic neighbourhoods in Toronto. It's a
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| | King West lies not only in its historical
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| community full of townhouses, eclectic
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| | roots. It offers a vast array of modern
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| shops, fashionable restaurants and artist
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| | conveniences of great shops, independent
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| studios minutes from downtown Toronto by
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| | galleries, restaurants and clubs. King
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| the TTC. In the past few years, King West
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| | West has also parks, carwashes, fitness
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| has undergone a spectacular
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| | centers, health food shops and yoga
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| transformation that now epitomizes urban
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| | classes, just as you would expect from
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| living in the city.
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| | any modern, higher class neighbourhood.
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| It wasn't always like that. Todays King
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| | Have a morning coffee at a cafe and then
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| West Village was once a huge industrial
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| | hop the streetcar for a five-minute ride
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| area with factories such as Macgregor
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| | to Bay Street or the subway station. Or
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| Socks. The memories of those times are
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| | drive to the Gardiner Expressway - it's
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| still present in the form of street signs
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| | less than five minutes away.
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| - many streets bear names such as Massey
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| | Despite all these attractive features,
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| and Battery road after the manufacturing
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| | what really makes King West is the
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| plants. This is, however, all gone today
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| | genuine sense of community you can
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| - now you can see new spectacular lofts
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| | experience here - residents say that they
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| and condominiums served by retail and big
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| | actually know their neighbours, and see
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| box stores such as Dominion, offering
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| | the same people jogging down the street,
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| nearby cafes, art galleries, trendy bars
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| | shopping and having espresso. It's this
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| and restaurants, and parks that provide
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| | ambience of community that pervades King
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| places to walk, bicycle, rollerblade, and
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| | West and allows the people here to be at
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| entertain friends.
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| | home with urban living.
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| King West Village is bordered roughly by
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| | The location provides residents very easy
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| Spadina, Front, Adelaide and Bathurst. It
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| | access to Toronto's business and
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| has become suddenly very alive - you can
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| | financial districts - minutes by car or
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| see properties being constructed,
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| | streetcar, while the frequent Bathurst
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| demolished, renovated and renewed all the
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| | streetcar connects to the Bloor Line in
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| time. Developers are grabbing every
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| | minutes. Famous destinations such as the
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| available lot in the King West area,
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| | Skydome, Exhibition Place, Harbourfront,
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| driving out long-time fixtures and
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| | Fort York and the Toronto Islands are
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| pushing up values. Six recent land sales
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| | also all very accessible.
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| in the will see 1000 new condominium
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| | King Street itself offers shops,
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| units constructed, with some of them
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| | professional services and restaurants
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| being very luxurious indeed.
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| | that serve the area's day-to-day needs.
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| Another contributing factor to the appeal
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| | In terms of local recreation, Stanley
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| of the neighbourhood is its rich history:
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| | Park is a favourite neighbourhood meeting
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| you can see old factory buildings and
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| | place, offering baseball diamonds, tennis
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| warehouses along King & Wellington
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| | courts, an outdoor pool, and a soccer
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| streets, the famous Wheat Sheaf Tavern
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| | field. The community centre located on
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| which has been a Bathurst & King
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| | its grounds is used for residents'
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| fixture for more than 150 years, and
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| | meetings, community-based programs and
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| Victoria Memorial Park, which is actually
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| | social functions.
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| a cemetery for some of the dead of the
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| | With close proximity to another
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| war of 1812. It is currently going
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| | uber-trendy neighbourhood, Queen Street
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| through a more than $1 million
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| | West, King West Village offers few
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| restoration. The majority of these
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| | bargains; however one advantage to those
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| historical buildings in King West Village
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| | wishing to purchase in this rapidly
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| are protected, and hopefully this fact
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| | emerging area is that properties are
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| will help to keep the neighourhood just
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| | fairly large by downtown standards,
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| as pedestrian-friendly as it's considered
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| | offering big underground garages and
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| now.
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| | elevations up to 20 stories.
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