{"id":174596,"date":"2017-11-30T16:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T21:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=174596"},"modified":"2018-01-26T09:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T14:29:52","slug":"a-neighbourhood-evolution-this-kensington-market-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/news\/a-neighbourhood-evolution-this-kensington-market-then-and-now","title":{"rendered":"See a neighbourhood evolution in this Kensington Market then-and-now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>If you made your way through Kensington Market in the 1950s, you&#8217;d still find a small neighbourhood full of local businesses \u2014\u00a0but you&#8217;d also see a lot less street art.<\/p>\n<p>Over the decades, the market has evolved into a quirky space full of murals and local buskers. Back in the day, it was a place where locals could get their goods for the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p>As BuzzBuzzNews has done with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2017\/05\/torontos-condo-boom-bathurst-street-then-and-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bathurst Street<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2016\/01\/torontos-cityplace-then-and-now-photo-tour.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CityPlace<\/a>,\u00a0we&#8217;ve lined up archival photos of Kensington Market from the City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library with present-day pics from BuzzBuzzNews&#8217; James Bombales. Check out the then-and-now sliders below.<\/p>\n<h2>181 Baldwin Street, 1919<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 936px; height: 585px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Then6.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Now6-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>181 Baldwin Street, 1919<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1017px; height: 634px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Then5-1.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Now5-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Augusta Avenue and Nassau Street, 1964<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Then1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Now1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Spadina Avenue, North-west corner of Nassau Street, 1910s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 712px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Then2-1-1024x712.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Now2-1024x712.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Kensington Avenue and St. Andrew, 1977<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 930px; height: 581px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Then4.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Now4-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Baldwin Street, 1978<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 951px; height: 594px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Then7.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Now7b-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Bellevue Avenue, South-west corner of College Street, 1952<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Then8-1024x640.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_Kensington_Now8-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Spadina Avenue, North-west corner of Baldwin Street, 1954<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 639px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Then3b-1-1024x639.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TN_KensingtonMarket_Now3b-1-1024x640.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<h2>Bellevue Avenue, South-east corner of College Street, 1908<\/h2>\n<div class=\"twentytwenty\" class=\"twentytwenty-container\" style=\"display: none; max-width: 100%; width: 1024px; height: 731px\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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