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Monthly Archives: July 2009

The Roastery Coffee Shop

The Roastery Coffee Shop, originally uploaded by torontodailyphoto. One of the more unique coffee shop exteriors in the city, The Roastery Coffee House doubles as a part time office space for some of the local designers and programmers. The 401 Richmond building where it is located in holds a number of businesses related to art, [...]

Woolner Community Gardens

Woolner Community Gardens, originally uploaded by torontodailyphoto. This popular community garden stretches for about two city blocks, running alongside the electrical lines on the hydro right-of-way. From early spring to late fall, this is a busy area, filled with gardners, visitors, and even school children minding their class plots of soil. It is a fantastic [...]

A Well Placed Ad

A Well Placed Ad, originally uploaded by torontodailyphoto. I had to go down to Bloor West Village yesterday – a nice village-style shopping area on the west side of the city- and above the parking lot, radiating like a beacon was this rather well placed ad. Given the heat of the day it was all [...]

Horizonal Control Marker

Horizonal Control Marker, originally uploaded by torontodailyphoto. Horizonal Control Markers such as this are embedded in sidewalks all over Toronto. We walk over these things all the time, and many people aren’t actually aware that they are an important part of the City’s official mapping and geolocation system, used in engineering, construction, surveying, mapping, and [...]