Kensington Market (Toronto)
Kensington Market is a popular, alternative multicultural neighborhood in Toronto , Canada that was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2006 . The place is a symbol of the tolerant Toronto with its various successful waves of immigration and is considered authentic. The many grocery stores, cafes, restaurants and second-hand shops of the “Market” benefit from the strong tourist attraction of the place, which is considered to be the most photographed area of Toronto.
The neighborhood is roughly bordered by College Street, Spadina Avenue, Dundas St. W. and Bathurst Streets. The major commercial streets are Augusta Ave., Nassau St., Baldwin St., and Kensington Ave. There are also numerous Victorian-style buildings and churches of various religions.
history
Small houses were built here for Irish and Scottish immigrants in the 1880s; a small Victorian-style settlement emerged, often with commercial space facing the street. At the beginning of the 20th century, a wave of Jewish emigrants from Eastern Europe reached the area that was soon to be called the "Jewish Market" or "Kensington Bazaar". Between 1920 and 1930 about 60,000 Jews lived in and around what is now Kensington Market. After the Second World War , a large part of the Jewish population moved to “better” neighborhoods; New waves of immigrants reached the Kensington Market, which was considered poor, including numerous East Asians and also US Americans who left the USA because of the Vietnam War out of political conviction and gave the quarter an alternative route. Toronto's Chinatown is directly connected to Kensington Market, and ethnic Chinese currently make up the majority of the neighborhood's population. New waves of immigrants from global trouble spots followed in the 1980s and 1990s.
In the last few years the international gentrification of the neighborhood has taken place; numerous wealthy people have discovered the area's charm, and cafes and restaurants aimed at a more upscale public have displaced older shops. Accordingly, it is widely believed that Kensington Market will soon be no more than a quarter of new immigrant workers to see.
Festivals
Concerts and festivals take place in Bellevue Square Park in spring and summer.
The annual "Kensington Market Winter Solstice Festival", initiated by Kensington Market legend Ida Carnevali in 1987, animates the streets of the district with giant cardboard figures, fire-eaters and samba music at the time of the winter solstice. Until 2009, the Parada ended in Bellevue Square; since then the larger Alexandra Park has been used as the end point, which has increased the number of spectators / participants considerably. The festival is always attended by many pagan residents of Ontario.
During the Pedestrian Sundays Festival, the streets of the neighborhood are car-free on several Sundays in the summer so they can be used for parties and concerts.
The Chiaroscuro Reading Series, which takes place every second Tuesday of the month in Augusta House, mostly offers new stories from the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Income and demographics
The 2006 Canadian Census found that the median income for a family in Kensington was $ 61,339, well below the Toronto city average, $ 96,602.00. Kensington has a very mixed population, which according to the census is made up as follows: 47.5% Chinese and 7% people with other Asian backgrounds, 39% Caucasian, 3% Latino, 0.5% Arab, 3% Black African.
See also
Web links
- Kensington Alive - History presented in Multi Media
- Parks Canada Background on Kensington Market National Historic Site
- Kensington Market Pictures
- kensington-market.approx
- Kensington Market Historical Society
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.canada.travel/de/beitrage/kensington-market-typisch-toronto
- ↑ http://kmhs.ca/footnotes/the-jewish-market/
- ^ Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market . October 25, 2015. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ Chiaroscuro Reading Series . ChiZine Publications. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
