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Bound roughly by Bathurst, the CPR railway line (just north of Dupont) and Avenue Road. From Bathurst to Spadina, the northern boundary is St. Clair west; east of Spadina that boundary stretches north to Lonsdale Avenue.
Buildings here are either spectacularly public or intensely private. Casa Loma itself is, of course, public—a flamboyant folly that Toronto has never made up its mind about: should we be proud or disdainful of such madness? Private is defined by the gorgeous houses on Austin Terrace, so secluded it feels like a gated community.
The old Toronto neighbourhood of South Hill now sits within Casa Loma’s expanded boundaries. South Hill (roughly stretching from the CPR rail line north to St. Clair, between Spadina and Avenue Road) begins with a magnificent view: many of its properties look south from the crest of Avenue Road—one of the great Toronto vistas. Among those who enjoy it are the inhabitants of the wondrously detailed Clarendon apartments or the Benvenuto, a modernist accomplishment left by the star 1950s architect Peter Dickinson. There are single-dwelling houses that also overlook the city, notably those on tiny Edmund Gate, one of the hidden jewels of Toronto.
This is a district of abundant greenery, broad streets and grand ambitions, where the most fortunate residents look out their windows onto the Nordheimer Ravine, which connects to Sir Winston Churchill Park. Residents are happy about the nearby streetcars, subways and stores.
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