[URBAN NOTE] Bloor between Christie and Ossington

[rfmcdonald]

Walking home this early morning, I realized that the last time I was on this stretch of Bloor was back in April 2003, when I had dinner with a friend at the excellent Frommer's-recommended Ethiopian restaurant Lalibela (869 Bloor Street West). I noticed at the time that this neighbourhood, bordering upon the Korean Business Area, was heavily Ethiopian and Eritrean, with plenty of signs in Amharic script. I hadn't noticed the sizable Greek cluster midway on my walk, and as I walked at half past one I wondered if there was any connection to the sizable Greek--especially Greek-Cypriot--mercantile diaspora in central and eastern Africa. Likely not, but still I wonder.