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Since the 19th century, Queen Street West at Yonge Street has been one of Toronto's hottest real estate destinations. Originally, the Eaton's and Simpson's department stores faced each other across Queen Street, with the rivalry between the two stores being at one time as central to Canadian retailing as the Macy's/Gimbel's competition was to New York City's retail history. The pedestrian crosswalk on Queen Street, just to the west of the intersection with Yonge Street, was for years one of the busiest in Canada, as thousands of shoppers a day comparison shopped between Eaton's and Simpson's.
Today, Eaton's is gone, but the Toronto Eaton Centre still remains at the same location, one of Canada's most successful office and shopping complexes with many luxury condos close by. Similarly, Simpson's is also gone, but the historic department store building remains on the south side of Queen Street, occupied by The Bay department store.
The vibrant arts culture soon attracted other artists, audiences, and wealthier people to the condos for sale in the area. Since then, the name "Queen Street" has become synonymous with the words "trendy", "hip", "cool" and ultimately, "expensive". This is usually what Torontonians now refer to as "Queen West real estate" when they use the term. Luckily, a few of the older and hipper bars such as the Cameron, the Horseshoe Tavern and The Rivoli have not changed too much, and much like the condo company, top Canadian musical and comedy acts can still often be found performing in the area.
A movement by local citizens to rename the area "Soho" after a side-street in the area has never been taken seriously by the municipal government. Some people compare the "Queen West condo" experience with that of New York's SoHo or London's Soho.
Further west, this stretch of Queen Street is dominated by institutional and cultural buildings such as Old City Hall, Toronto City Hall, Osgood Hall and the Four Seasons Centre.
The Condo Company has agents who specialize in The Toronto Queen West District and all of the other Areas of Toronto, before you put your luxury condo for sale or purchase a Toronto Condo, Contact the Condo Company to insure all of your Toronto Real Estate needs are taken care of by one of our professionals. |
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