The area between University Avenue and Spadina Avenue on Queen Street West was home to the punks since the mid seventies. It was a place of old garment and textile industry buildings that time had forgotten in the seventies.
Since the 1970s, this stretch of Queen Street West between University Avenue and Spadina Avenue has been a haven for punks. The area was once home to numerous old garment and textile factories that have fallen into disuse over time.