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Local Landmarks & Heritage

  • Gladstone Hotel (1889)
  • Drake Hotel
  • The Great Hall
  • The Theatre Centre

Neighborhood History

Queen Street West is a Toronto neighbourhood along the West Queen West stretch of Queen Street, between Bathurst Street and Dufferin Street, the historic western limit of the city. The road was surveyed in 1793 as Lot Street, the baseline from which the surrounding park lots were laid out, and was renamed Queen Street in the 1840s in honour of Queen Victoria. It divided the government-owned Garrison Reserve to the south from privately owned park lots to the north, and the Toronto Street Railway opened a line along Queen in 1861. Most of the street's buildings date from the 1880s to the 1920s.

Artists began moving into the area in the 1980s, and the restoration of the Drake and Gladstone hotels cemented its artistic identity. The Gladstone, built in 1889 at 1214 Queen Street West, was designated a heritage property by the City in 1973, and in December 2024 City Council adopted the West Queen West Heritage Conservation District Plan to protect the street's historic main-street buildings.

The Queen Street West tee is for the neighbours, makers and regulars of Toronto's West Queen West.

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Queen Street West - Central Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee

Queen Street West - Central Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee

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Queen Street West takes in Toronto's West Queen West, known since the 1980s for its artists and its restored Drake and Gladstone hotels. Its main-street buildings are covered by a Heritage Conservation District Plan adopted by City Council in 2024.

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