Tag: Yonge and Finch

Why Toronto’s Original Koreatown at Christie Feels Less Korean Today — and North York Has Taken Its Place

| CuriousGeorge

For decades, if someone in Toronto said “Koreatown,” they almost certainly meant the stretch of Bloor Street between Christie and Bathurst. Today, that answer is more complicated. Christie Koreatown is still officially Toronto’s Korea Town BIA, and Korean restaurants, supermarkets, beauty businesses and Hangul signs remain part of the neighbourhood. (Toronto) But if you actually […]

How Yonge & Sheppard Became Toronto’s Second Koreatown

| CuriousGeorge

The story of Koreatown North — and how a stretch of North York became one of the most Korean places in Canada Ask someone unfamiliar with Toronto where the city’s Koreatown is, and they will probably point to Bloor Street between Christie and Bathurst. Historically, they would be right. But spend enough time in Toronto’s […]