I’m really into traditional architecture and pre-automobile urban planning. Unfortunately there isn’t a lot of that in North America. I know there are a few, I was wondering if Ontario specifically has any nice villages that fit this description? Preferably not abandoned ones, i am looking for ones still inhabited.
Quite a few in Niagara but in most cases “nice” is rather debatable, and the “nice” areas don’t usually overlap with the pre-automobile streets you’ll find typically in the downtown areas, but you can still see evidence of the stuff that used to be there dating back to 1812 and beyond, if you know what you’re looking for. A few still preserved highlights are Niagara-On-The-Lake and downtown Thorold. Other cities like St. Catharines, Chippawa, Fort Erie, Welland have some historical bits too but they’re pretty few and far between as most of the area was financially completely decimated by the death of manufacturing in the northern US and Canada, and there were few resources to protect or maintain anything at that time. Most of it was left to ruin, and ruin it did.