Cobbled lanes
Red brick.
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A historic pedestrian quarter east of downtown Toronto, built on the grounds of a large works founded in 1832 that ran for more than a century and a half, holding North America's largest collection of Victorian industrial architecture, with red brick and cobbled lanes. After the works closed the buildings were restored and turned into art galleries, craft and design shops, cafés, bakeries, restaurants and small theatres, keeping the old machinery, chimneys and signs, so the district became one of the city's loveliest places to walk and photograph. Cars are banned inside, and modern sculptures stand in its lanes. In winter it hosts a famous Christmas market with lights and stalls, and in summer art, music and food festivals. Entry is free and it is open all year, loveliest in the evening when the lanes are lit. It pairs with the nearby St. Lawrence Market on a walk.
Red brick.
In old buildings.
Lights and stalls.
East of downtown Toronto, near the waterfront
Yes, it is open and free all year; the Christmas market may charge at weekends.
