Bordering on Regent Park and close to Downtown and Cabbagetown, River Street offers both condominum apartments and reasonably priced rentals. Parts of Old Toronto linger as well., and well-used bike paths (especially on weekends) follow the sidewalks.  It may not be fancy, but it’s coming along as a new East Side TORONTO neighbourhood.Public transit and major cross-town streets add some pizazz to what once was a hangout for ladies-of-the-evening.There’s been quite a change in River Street over the last few years, and it’s not nearly finished yet.  There’s construction all around, especially in neighbouring Regent Park.