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The intersection of Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street marks the heart of Toronto's East Chinatown neighbourhood, so called for its location east of Toronto's urban core and the original Chinatown on Spadina Avenue.

Back in the month this photo was taken, I linked to a Spacing Toronto post suggesting that East Chinatown was already attenuating, as Chinese-Canadians and Asian groceries diffused beyond their initial points of arrival in the Greater Toronto Area. That's probably the case, but in the interim, the street displays of fruits and vegetables are eye-catching.

(At right, almost hidden behind the telephone pole in the blue shirt, I think I spy Andrew Barton. Am I correct?)

East Chinatown Grocery, Toronto, September 2009
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