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EXPERIENCE Toronto

The striking facade 10 edifice that opened in 1893
and lush surrounding and dominates the end of
gardens of Casa Loma Kensington Market University Avenue. Ontario’s
elected represent atives had a
 C3 ⌂ Baldwin St &
Augusta Ave vDundas 505, point to make. The province

9 "'\= College 506, Spadina 510 was a small but exceedingly
loyal part of the British Empire,
Casa Loma ∑ kensington-market.ca
Kensington Market is one of
 B1 ⌂ 1 Austin Terrace
 Dupont # 9:30am–5pm Toronto’s most distinctive and
ethnically diverse residential
daily ∑ casaloma.ca EAT
areas. It was founded at the
This unusual Edwardian house turn of the 20th century by
was designed by E. J. Lennox, East European immig rants, Hibiscus Cafe
the architect responsible for who crowded into the patch­ A family-run vegetarian
Toronto’s Old City Hall. The work of modest houses near café known for its
unusual structure is a remark­ the junction of Spadina Avenue buckwheat crepes.
able tribute to its first owner, and Dundas Street, and then  C3 ⌂ 238 Augusta
Sir Henry Pellatt (1859–1939), spilled out into the narrow Ave ¢ Mon
one of the most influential streets to sell their wares. ∑ hibiscuscafe.ca
industrialists of early 20th­ The bazaar they established – \\\
century Canada. He made a which houses everything from
fortune in hydroelectric power cheese and patisserie shops
during the early 1900s, to vintage clothing stores – Rasta Pasta
harnessing the strength of has been the main feature of This Jamaican take-out
Niagara Falls for electricity. In the area ever since. counter is a Kensington
1906, Pellatt decided to build Market staple.
himself a castle. Several years  C3 ⌂ 61 Kensington
and Can $3.5 million later, Ave ¢ Mon ∑ eatrasta
construction was halted due 11 ' pasta.ca
to the outbreak of World War I. Ontario Parliament \\\
The 98­room house was Building
finally completed in 1914, but  D3 ⌂Queen’s Park Seven Lives Tacos

finan cial ruin forced Pellatt to § (416) 325 0061 Queen’s Head here for some of

abandon it less than 10 years Park v College 506 #8am–

later. Today the house and its 6pm Mon–Fri (daily from the best tacos in the city.
graceful formal gardens can be Victoria Day to Labour Day)  C3 ⌂ 69 Kensington
toured, or visitors can choose Ave ∑ 7lives.ca
to take part in one of the site’s There is nothing modest \\\
elaborate and immersive about the Ontario Parliament
escape room games. Building, a vast pink sand stone
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