The Junction West End Toronto Neighbourhood

The Junction West End Toronto Neighbourhood (450's-700's)

It's easy to see why one has neigbourhood envy here in the Junction. With it's wide main street, Dundas Street West, decent parking and curb appeal I must admit I get a bit green with envy! In the past 5 years (like we predicted but only a few listened!) this west end spot has exploded in popularity. The retail mix has really changed for the better with awesome restos (hooray Curry Twist!!), bar none chocolate shops (Delight: this place will give the best Belgian chocolatiers a serious run for their money, trust me I would know..if there are three things that I'm a snob about they have to be chocolate, coffee and jeans) I digress in a major way. In addition to my happy rant above, the Junction has some good organic grocers as well as coffee spots and a really fab Benjamin Moore store on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Dundas Street West. The Green P situation is not a bad one, there's a big P behind the Benjamin Moore as referenced above. You're just going to have to snoopvestigate this hood on your own rather then read my version of things.

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Technically the borders are as such: this hood carries the name it does as it is bounded on three sides by railway lines that enclose the area in a triangle form. So from around Symington Avenue, north of Bloor Street West and where Dupont Street and Dundas West converge is supposed represent the border of the Junction. However, us Realtors have slightly altered the boundaries for marketing purposes so someone like myself would say that the point where Dupont Street and Dundas Street West converge and moving westward along Dundas Street West to Runnymede Street is where I would consider the Junction to end. Some may disagree but tough bananas.

The housing stock falls under the category of 2 and 3 storey Victorian style houses built between 1880 and 1910. Some of these homes on their tree lined streets have been converted into multiple family dwellings, in other words income properties. As of late some builders have felt like turning churches into lofts along Annette. The former Czechoslovak Baptist Church was bought out on the corner of Annette and High Park Avenue and slowly townhome units will prevail in it's place within the confines of the exterior church facade. The other heritage structure that's in the process of "conversion" (no pun intended) is the former presbyterian church on the corner of Annette and Medland Street, the Victoria Lofts.

The closest subway station depending on where you are located in the upper or lower Junction (north or south of Dundas Street West) could be Runnymede, High Park or Keele station. To check the bus routes that travel to any of these subways, visit the the ttc website for up-to-date specifics. www3.ttc.ca

For school listings hit the www.tdsb.on.ca site or rather the link as referenced above. It's more convenient then the Toronto Catholic District School Board site www.tdcsb.org in that it allows you to just type in the name of your street and you have an instant outcome of all schools in your specfic district.