Most of these things existed back home, in some place or form, but not jammed and stacked together into a magnificent urban paradise.
The furniture is shabby and unadorned, and the walls are speckled with hand-made posters, random paraphernalia and graffiti.
Density, diversity and dynamism: these are the prescriptions for a livable city as described by urban theorist Jane Jacobs.
Still, it’s tough to walk through the current, cannabis shop-lined permutation of Kensington and not feel like it’s lost a little of its Jacobsian lustre.
Cold Tea, the bar tucked inside a mini-mall and known for its legendary Sunday BBQs, relocated to Queen West.