This is from today’s New York Times travel section:
“After a multiyear neighborhood reconstruction project that temporarily cut streetcar service and starved merchants, Roncesvalles Avenue — the area’s main artery — is thrumming again. Despite their big-city location, the street’s indie bookstores, quirky coffeehouses and smart boutiques feel more like small-town hangouts, with stroller-pushing locals popping in to chat up proprietors. Tree-lined and low-slung, with a blessed absence of the chain stores that have crept across Toronto, the rejuvenated “Roncey” now makes for one of the city’s most engaging strolls.”
Read the rest here: A Low-Slung Piece Of Toronto Gains Casual-Hip Cachet
(Thanks, John, for catching this.)
Photo of the print edition here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/menros/6231407174/in/photostream/