Walking tour of Toronto's Annex: the KESKUS neighbourhood
Sat, Aug 22
|NW corner Dupont & Spadina
Join your host Christina Prozes on a walking tour of one of Toronto's venerable neighbourhoods, one that is deemed a Top 40 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World by Time Out Magazine and where Estonians have made their architectural mark. Welcome to the Annex !
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Aug 22, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
NW corner Dupont & Spadina, 263 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M5R 1V8, Canada
About the event
Join your host Christina Prozes on a walking tour of one of Toronto's historic and distinctive neighbourhoods, one that is deemed a Top 40 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World by Time Out Magazine and where Estonian architects have made their. Welcome to the Annex !
The Annex burst to life in the late 1880s as Toronto's premier high Victorian playground, where flamboyant railroad barons, merchant kings, and eccentric tycoons built a mix of massive, theatrical red-brick mansions. Designed to flaunt immense wealth with aggressive turrets, Romanesque arches, and stone gargoyles, it was a hyper-exclusive enclave that brazenly redefined the city's architectural skyline.
And then came the Estonians - while traditionalists of the 1960s scoffed at anything that wasn't a standard brick box, Estonian architect Uno Prii used a special slip-form pouring method to create poetic, fluid, sculptural towers inspired by the American space race and European modernism. His bold, expressive…
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Walking tour
Join your Estonian-Canadian host Christina Prozes on a walking tour of one of Toronto's venerable neighbourhoods, one that is deemed a Top 40 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World by Time Out Magazine and where Estonians have made their architectural mark—discover some of Uno Prii’s most iconic architecture; out of the 250 buildings he designed, 34 of his finest works are located right here in the Annex. Welcome to the Annex!
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