The Annex, which stretches between Dupont and Bloor Street and sits west of Bathurst and east of Avenue Road, is one of Toronto’s premier neighbourhoods. A heterogeneous community made up of successful business people, prominent artists, and University of Toronto students and faculty, the neighbourhood is full of restaurants, bookstores, and independently owned-shops.
The Annex is an oasis for those who appreciate architecture and detail.
The residential tree-lined streets are adorned with Victorian, Queen Anne, Edwardian, and Richardsonian Romanesque homes and mansions, built between 1880 and the early 1900s. Between the 1950s and 1960s, mid-rise and high-rise apartment buildings began popping up to meet the needs of the eclectic community. The exterior facades of the homes are decorated with plum and pink Credit River sandstone, red brick, and terracotta clay tiles. The detail is among the finest—and most varied—in the city, with pyramidal roofs, turrets, grand archways, and wooden spindled porches.
The Annex is an dynamic and colourful neighbourhood, with an active nightlife along Bloor Street for those who enjoy a night on the town after a long week. Despite its vibrant nightlife, it feels more residential than commercial thanks to its abundance of green spaces, including the nearby Christie Pits Park, which offers soccer, baseball, and weekly outdoor movie night in the summer, and tobogganing and outdoor skating in the winter.
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