The
Miami Herald
encourages its readers to visit Toronto's Distillery District. The
former industrial site turned car-free arts center is lauded for its
historic architecture, appetizing restaurants, and its concentration of
stunning galleries and sculptures.
"This is a safe, clean,
comfortable city. Its eclectic streets and scenic avenues appeal to
your inner walker, and few parts are better to explore on foot than the
automobile-free, pedestrian-friendly Distillery District.Just off Lake
Ontario, with the CN tower and a collage of skyscrapers hovering above,
this former industrial area melds the corporate and cultural in a
historic setting. Walking through the Mill Street entrance, you'll
immediately get the picture, as did virtually everyone I encountered,
by either posing for a camera, or employing one, sensing the
significance of it all."
"By 2001, the distillery had become
mainly rubble when Matthew Rosenblatt and Cityscape, collaborating with
Dundee Real Estate Development, began to re-create the area into
something that people, a local or a tourist, would return to,
Rosenblatt says."
"Viewing business as art, and intent on establishing
a neighborhood where you "get a sense of the city's culture,"
Rosenblatt and his cohorts have taken 44 buildings, the largest
collection of Victorian industrial architecture in North America, and
incorporated business, retail and artist spaces into a setting that
exudes small-town charm. Walking these streets is akin to visiting an
amusement park, and not having to pay for the rides, as the visual
feast is entertainment enough."
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