That was nice. This thread needed a good dose of Toronto (especially without the phreakin' snow).
Spadina is one of the great streets of North America.
You take the Spadina turnoff from the Gardiner and immediately the traffic is terrible. Which is the way it should be. Lends an epic quality to your journey (in this case, by car).
So you spend twenty minutes inching over the bridge while young Chinese newcomers crowd the sidewalks on the way to their new condos. Then it gets wide, and you get the old shop houses of the garment district, followed by hipster Queen West, Chinatown and finally College. Spadina hits so many terrific notes, has the streetcar running the length of it, and has a great name, to boot.
And there's a magical quality to it in the summer. The crowds, the heavy scent of rotting fruit in the humidity, the streetcar wires overhead...it's a great street.
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