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<br /> <br />Jordan is an art and architecture ambas. <br />sador for the streetcar.liued area. l!xtend. <br />ing 2.0 short blocks frorn Bathurst Street <br />to Gladstone Avenue. This is not pol- <br />ished downtown TorQl1to--the city seen <br />by most visitors to its world.famous film h-:::':;"':~" , <br />festival. I nstead. this is an emerging part <br />of tht! city where all the big ideas that end <br />up downtown (and In North America and <br />Europe) lx.-gin. It's a cultural lab bubbling with <br />, alternative music. fashion. food and art. <br />The key to discovering West Queen West, <br />says Jordan. is to keep walking, UYou will <br />alwd~'s strike gold heret she says. ~There <br />are sketchy blocks because of the neigh. <br /> <br />(: <br /> <br />n <br />l ; <br /> <br />[ : <br /> <br />r 1 <br />( i <br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />r'l <br />l J <br /> <br />[ 1 <br />[~en <br /> <br />[ : ' <br /> <br />[ ~ <br /> <br />('~ <br />[ ~ <br />(~ <br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />borhood's proximity to the dock)'drds. but <br />with its artistic backbone-many artists live <br />above shops-you'll get the sense that this <br />is where creative life begins." <br /> <br />Hotels as Art <br />Stepping into the Gladstone Hotel (glad <br />stonehote\.com) is akin to checking into a <br />gallery that doubles as a place to sleep-with <br />a vintage cage elevator that still works. Vari. <br />ous local a.rtists have designed each of the 37 <br />rooms in the Victorian dream. so expect ac- <br />commodations to feature everything from a <br />woodsy Saskatchewan tableau to a watercol. <br />orist's studio, complete ....ith timber-accent <br />ceilings. (It's also nice to be able to pre- <br />view rooms on the hotel's website. where <br />priccs--"from $r65 a night-are posted.) <br />And to further boost its artistic cred, <br /> <br />~Iashlngtonnye(.com <br />