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Local punter, fietser and gadabout of record.. An unapologetic Torontophile.

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 5h
Kakabeka falls in full colour infrared. The 2nd largest waterfall in Ontario after Niagara falls. Kakabeka falls is right off highway 11/17 and about 40min west of Thunder Bay. #DiscoverON #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtShow #infraredphotography
Kakabeka falls in infrared.
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Transit Toronto @transittoronto.bsky.social · 2h
Passing through the old Lawrence East Line 3 Station. #TTC #scarborough #takethettc #toronto #bus
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 5h
Kakabeka falls in full colour infrared. The 2nd largest waterfall in Ontario after Niagara falls. Kakabeka falls is right off highway 11/17 and about 40min west of Thunder Bay. #DiscoverON #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtShow #infraredphotography
Kakabeka falls in infrared.
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Normal CrO2 Metal @normal-cr02-metal.bsky.social · 8h
Goodbye September
Red Dawn sky with CN Tower silhouette in distance, viewed through tree branches & telephone wires.
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Jason Paris @jasonparis.bsky.social · 16h
There’s something beautifully suspended about these lanes. It’s a quiet, fluorescent-lit pocket where the only sound is the heavy roll of a ball and the crash of pins being reset by hand. #LiminalSpace (1/3)
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 17h
Infrared Valley. Lower Don River at Riverdale in full colour infrared. We're in the last days of good IR photography for the year before the foliage is gone. #TOphoto #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtshow #infraredphotography
Lower Don River looking north from the Riverdale pedestrian bridge.
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 20h
"The TTC has said the busway ... was completed early and under budget." Let's hype that as much as we hype delays and over-budget projects. This is the kind of competence in transit projects we're looking for. www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-f...
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Here’s a first look at the Scarborough busway. For residents, it follows years of sluggish commutes
The new Scarborough busway will open this week and will run from Kennedy Station to Scarborough Centre, three years after the Scarborough RT was decommissioned.
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 23h
There are firsts for everything. And this is the 1st payphone booth I've ever encountered that situated on someone's front lawn, by their front door. I guess it beats getting a landlines in 2026. #LindsayON #discoverON #phonebooth
A Bell phonebooth right in front of someone's front door in Lindsay ON.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 29/09/2026
My @thestar.com column: Brad Bradford and Chris Alexander talk about Toronto's budget like it's some mystery we need outside experts to solve. But the mayor's spending record is all public, and tells a simple story of priorities. No mystery. Just math. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: There’s no mystery behind Mayor Olivia Chow’s budget record — there’s just math
Lately, the leading candidates taking on Mayor Olivia Chow in the race for mayor have taken to referring to the city’s budget like it’s some great cosmic mystery. A riddle
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sep 28, 2012: Ontario Northland's Northlander train makes its final north and southbound runs between Toronto and Cochrane. The train was the victim of cuts announced in the Ontario provincial Liberal government's budget on March 26, 2012.
The last southbound Northlander passenger train departs from Temagami, Ontario on September 28, 2012. Ontario Northland GP38-2 diesel locomotive No. 1809 leads GP38-2 No. 1800, Auxiliary Power Unit No. 202, rebuilt Hawker Siddeley Canada coaches Nos. 604, 615, 612, 606, 600 and snack car No. 702. Photo by Merrell Philippi via Railpictures.ca.
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Teepee's and the municipal palace of bureaucracy. National day for Truth and Reconciliation is this week on Sept 30th. #TOphoto #EastCoastKin #Toronto #OrangeShirtDay
A decorated teepee in the middle of the water fountain pond in front of city hall.View over Nathan Philips Square.
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 27/09/2026
"Niagara Parks Police received reports of a man acting erratically in the Niagara Glen area, where...[they] found the man scaling the escarpment. [...] At 9 a.m. the next day, the Parks police received a report from a hiker who was allegedly assaulted by a male dressed in a superhero costume."
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Man arrested after 2-day search in Niagara Glen
Multiple police agencies were involved in the search, which resumed after a hiker reported being assaulted by a man in a superhero costume.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New permanent cycle track on Danforth 😍 #BikeTO #TOphoto
A raised protected cycle track just finished construction on Danforth Ave East of MainA raised protected cycle track just finished construction on Danforth Ave East of Main with a large buffer zone and curb extensions
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Michelle @michelle-colleen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Impressive turnout at #criticalmass #bikeTO to show our opposition to Doug Ford's plan to rip out bike lanes & endanger our lives. Bike lanes save lives! Doug Ford is a corrupt animal. Shame on him! #cycling #visionzero #toronto #ONpoli #TOpoli
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Under aerial attack.. Well more like under the flight path, but close. A helicopter comes into the heliport at the mouth of the Don. If you could only feel the down wash of that thing #paddleTO #Biidaasige #Helicopter
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Up the Dockers! It's almost time to watch Freo taken on the Banana-Benders in the AFL Grand Final. Yes, I own those socks (also the jumper & toque) and I'm not even a Freo fan.. Except for today. Lets beat those Brizzy Lions! #AFL #Grandfinals #Freo #AFLGF
Toque, jumper and socks all in Freemantle Dockers Colour's.
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Final call to port. Looks like lifeguarding season is officially over at the beaches. I guess this is a subtle hint that I should keep my floaties on at all times. #paddleTO #SUP #LakeOntario #lifeguard
Four rowboats being pulling into the marinaA snaking line of lifeguard boats floating to dock.
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Muddy York @muddyyork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On this date in 1891, the saints used to name Toronto's wards were replaced with numbers. The saints would endure in the names of ridings and TTC stations.
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beautiful asters and goldenrod blooming in the Don Valley at Middle Mill at the moment
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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kensington Market #Toronto #TOphoto
a laneway in Kensington Market featuring riotously coloured murals, tags, and grafittiRumble Pontiac is a bar on Baldwin St, but it used to be a car dealership on Bayview Ave at Broadway (not sure if the bar's sign is from the car dealership)... you might remember the jingle "Ramble into Rumble, you'll see"an old Subaru snoozing in the warm September sun in a Kensington Market back alleyKensington Market Garden Car is a twenty-year-old tradition (thanks Yvonne Bambrick) and i believe the car has been replaced at least once
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I almost walked into this camouflaged van today.. This should not be allowed! There otta be a law that mandates that all camo coloured vehicles need to wear a hunter orange safety vest at all times. Ive highlighted the outline of the van in pic #2 incase its too well hidden. #carsky #waroncars
Dodge van in camo pain.Dodge van in camo pain and a bright red outline to show where it is.
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spacing is very pleased to have our issue 70, "Civic Memories," nominated for a 2026 Toronto Heritage Award in the Public History category! www.heritagetoronto.org/programs/her...
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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
101 years ago today: Thomas Sullivan, basketmaker, Fleet Street, Toronto - Sept. 22, 1925. 📸: City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail fonds, Fonds 1266, Item 6306 #onthisday #1920s #torontohistory #craftsmanship #jeremyhopkin
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On todays episode of random old cars spotted while wandering around TO. A mid 80's Hyundai Excel hatchback. This thing is gloriously dilapidated & forgotten in an alley. The fact that she hasn't melted away into a pile or rust is impressive for early Korean import. #carsky #classiccar #carspotting
side, rear viewRear view, no plates
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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On the latest episode of The Overhead, our @spacingradio.bsky.social / @bshnode.bsky.social special series, we talk about the physical and systemic barriers to housing people living with disability face in Canada: spacing.ca/national/202...
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The Overhead: Accessible Housing - Spacing National
THIS EPISODE: Accessible Housing In this episode, we talk about the physical and systemic barriers facing people living with a disability who are trying to access housing in Canada. University of Brit...
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I'll be Frank with you 🇨🇦 @syncros.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Shuffle Demons launch the 11th annual Kensington Market Jazz Festival with a parade on Augusta St Friday. A grassroots, community-driven, artist-run, volunteer-fueled jazz festival. Easily accessed by the 77-B on the T-T-C. #TOphoto #toronto #spadinabus #x100vi
richard underhill with the big sax action, Stich Wynston on loin drumpossibly the most kensington market photo of all time, the demons pass by one of the old nicknack stores on Augustashuffle demons crossing the street while playing spadina bus, theres a joke to be made here richard underhill sings to the crowd just behind, out of frame
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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📍 Trillium Park, Ontario Place Very birdy out there this morning. The city belongs to the white-throated sparrows today. #Toronto #TOphoto
A small bay in a tree-lined waterfront park. Orange sunrise light streaks through a partly cloudy sky. The Toronto skyline viewed from a waterfront park, framed by trees. The partly cloudy sky is illuminated in pale pink sunrise  light. A wooden pedestrian bridge surrounded by trees in a waterfront park. The sky is pale pink and orange at sunrise. The Toronto skyline viewed from a waterfront park. A vibrant orange glow is on the horizon as the sun rises.
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Steve Munro @swanboatsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A review of subway restricted speed zone history and the underreporting of problems by TTC management to the Board. stevemunro.ca/2026/09/21/t...
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Greeting from the Beaches, sand and streetcars abound. Always nice to see a visual representation of the old CLRVs still displayed. They truly were Toronto's streetcar; old, rickety, rusty and omnipresent. #TOphoto #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Beaches #AlleywayTO
The Beaches mural on a side of a building on Queen Street East. 

Oddly they misspelled Beaches as Beach. I guess they ran out of room.
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On todays episode of random cars spotted while wandering around TO. What looks to be a mid 60s 2-door convertible Pontiac GTO. This gal is still full tarps off in defiance of the looming fall equinox. So much chrome, so much length and so few doors. Glorious. #carsky #classiccar #carspotting
Side profileFront stacked lightsRear viewFront view
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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Saw this vintage bicycle on Queen West today, Parkdale #Toronto. Still had the old Sears sticker on it. Figure it is from the 70s. A nice survivor #bicycle
blue racing bike with a sears sticker on steering tube
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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 19/09/2026
An inspired pop-up installation in Toronto: What should we make room for?
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gunzels paradise. Today was Leslie Streetcar Barns open house. As always its amazing to see how the transit sausage is made. Sadly no vintage streetcars were present, apperently there are no plans to return any to service due to the trolley pole to pantograph conversation #TTC #streetcar #TOphoto
Streetcar in a maintance bayLots of blue tubes and red streetcarsThe elevated railway. A streetcar on liftsThe repair shop
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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can Geo Story of the Day: The quiet crisis in B.C.’s parks 🌲 In Princess Louisa Inlet, ranger Ming Neil has spent years caring for the land. But as B.C. Parks faces staffing and funding challenges, more of that responsibility is falling to local communities. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4hc5WT1
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The lone ranger and the quiet crisis in British Columbia’s parks
With B.C. Parks stretched thin, Ming Neil’s career in Princess Louisa Inlet shows the limits of love for the land — and what happens when community fills the funding gap
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The dying throws of summer on the inner harbour. #paddleTO #TOphoto #EastCoastKin
The skyline on a gloomy day.
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Toronto Railway Museum @torailwaymuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This was the official Canadian railway speed record for almost forty years until it was beaten by a diesel-electric LRC locomotive on March 10, 1976, and then again by a CN-VIA Turbo Train just over one month later, on April 22, 1976.
The VIA-CN Turbo Train at Kingston, Ontario on April 22, 1976, prior to making its speed record-setting run. Photo from the Joseph Testagrose Collection.
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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 18/09/2026
Welcome to the #TOphoto Feed! Photography of Toronto, Canada. Currently an open Feed: use hashtag #TOPhoto for your work to appear. 🦝 No AI 🦝 SFW, please 🦝 Use Alt text 📸 Let's see your best photos 📸 Tap the 3 dots at top-right to Like and Pin the Feed 📸 bsky.app/profile/flyi...
An early morning photo of the lyrical white and red Cherry Bridge on Cherry Street, from when Biidaasige Park was under construction. The dark blue water is still and an almost perfect reflection of the bridge can be seen. I am not a professional. iPhone 11 Pro.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Toronto parks are a mess. And they offer a huge opportunity to create great places. My column: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Is there a design for Toronto’s parks?
Urban green spaces deserve care, attention and planning from design professionals
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trail furniture. The despoilment of natural spaces in the city never ceases to amaze me. Thought these dumped trail couches does add some quirky character to the area they inhabit. An almost living room vibe in the bush. #LoveTheRavines #messyurbanism #Toronto #couch
A couch dumped in the hydro corridor.Deep in the Don Valley lies a couch in need of a rest.
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Muddy York @muddyyork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On this date in 1899, Old City Hall was officially opened. However, for unknown reasons, contemporary reports referred to it as New City Hall.
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Messy Urbanisms @messyurbanisms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Don Valley seems wild, but it's actually a feral landscape recovering from industry. Walk along side paths and you still see the detritus of industry poking through.
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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
On September 17, 1949, the S.S. Noronic was destroyed by fire while moored at Pier 9 in Toronto Harbour, resulting in the loss of 118 lives. This luxurious 1913 Canada Steamship Lines passenger ship was once known as the “Queen of the Lakes” #OnThisDay #1940s #TorontoHistory #Noronic #jeremyhopkin
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Peter Durst @peterdurst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Honestly, It’s making me want to shoot tilt shift Contax N1 @harmanphoto.co.uk Switch Azure 125 Whitehorse, YT
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darko k @darkokrznaric.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#streetart #Bergen
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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📍 College & Lansdowne #Toronto
Large colourful mural covering the entire side of a building. Depicts foxes, butterflies and flowers. Artist is Nick Sweetman.
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Transit Messiah. Some more double exposure experimentation using the famed Alleyway Jesus mural and the venerable 506 Carlton streetcar. #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtShow #longexposure #TTC #DoubleExposure #UrbanGaze
Double exposure with a light trailDouble exposure with static streetcar.
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Shaquille DePeazer @shaqpeaz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CNE 🎡
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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Graffiti Alley Tripper The personification of Toronto's transit zeitgeist, the enduring CLRV. Remember and dearly missed on these streets. #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #GraffitiAlley #AlleywayTO
Miral of a CRLV streetcar in a Toronto alley.
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Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It’s a beautiful night. Maybe you’ll enjoy some music like these folks outside the Linsmore Tavern. Or maybe you’ll join me for a Monday night Bluesky walk…
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