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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 6h

Empty Scientology office building Yonge St., Toronto that has been boarded up since 2013 for "upcoming" renovations. Also are (or were) in a tax dispute with the City.

#Photography #streetphotography #Toronto #B&W

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Brian Lesser @bdlesser.bsky.social · 1d

Mural in a laneway off Baldwin just east of Beverley, Toronto.
#photography #mural #toronto #lane #composite #panophotos #walkalong

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City of Toronto @toronto.ca · 1d

#TrafficAlertTO

Starting Wed, Oct 15, the southbound off-ramp from the DVP to Richmond St will be closed until spring 2026 for critical repairs.

News release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-advances-critical-bridge-rehabilitation-on-the-don-valley-parkway-richmond-off-ramp/

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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 1d

I chased the setting of the harvest super moon this morning in my neighborhood. The sun was rising behind me causing my long shadow in the field.

#SensoryArt #shadow #31DaysOfHalloween #EastCoastKin #Photography

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Sep 1

A Labor Day classic:
www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...

Labor Day: ‘The March of the Mill Children’

Remembering what it took, across decades, to end the exploitation of children in factories.

www.thebulwark.com

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Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social · 18d

My book about the wrongful conviction of a Toronto teenager in 1956.

In e-book + audiobook formats:

Apple tinyurl.com/5xfn35zz
Amazon tinyurl.com/3fbnkeny
Google Play tinyurl.com/2uvj76sf
Indigo (Kobo) tinyurl.com/2vsr6kbf

@dundurnpress.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social

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Chris @chrisjayphotos.bsky.social · 6d

One of my long time favorite shots. Truck 13 from the SFFD taken in 2018. #firetruck #sanfrancisco #photography #sffd

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 1d

Dundas St E. at the Imperial Pub which after 81 years is closing. Used to spend time upstairs at the Pub Lic. Library with great Jazz Jukebox and pool table when I was in Uni.

www.torontotoday.ca/local/busine...

#Photography #Streetphotography #Toronto

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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 1d

#Photography #Monochrome #AnselAdams

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Kriss @krisskross.bsky.social · 1d

Black and White

#bnw #blackandwhite #photography #streetphotography #scheveningen #netherlands #northsea

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Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social · 2d

I am giving a presentation about 1950s-era Toronto bank robber Edwin Alonzo Boyd.

Where: Wychwood branch, Toronto Library

When: Oct 7 at 2 pm.

Free and open to the public.

Event info tinyurl.com/569r3ya2

My book at Amazon tinyurl.com/3pmav3j4 and Indigo tinyurl.com/y4bl4gv2

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Brian Lesser @bdlesser.bsky.social · 2d

A bird on a wire. O'Keefe Lane, Toronto
#photography #toronto

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous afternoon along the east Don River

#Photography #Landscapephotography #Toronto

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City of Toronto @toronto.ca · 2d

City of Toronto champions digital inclusion with public Wi-Fi across more than 250 locations

News Release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-champions-digital-inclusion-with-public-wi-fi-across-more-than-250-locations/

Three people stand in a library near a podium with a Toronto sign, surrounded by bookshelves and tables.

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 2d

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 2d

#ColorADay #PinkMon #MagentaMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #fog

Sunrise in #Portland #Oregon as the fog diffuses the color spectrum.

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 2d

Free exhibit on women trailblazers from Toronto music’s scene spans 80 years from Portia White to Haviah Mighty

#Toronto #Music #History

nowtoronto.com/culture/free...

Free exhibit on women trailblazers from Toronto music's scene spans 80 years from Portia White to Haviah Mighty - NOW Toronto

A new free multi-genre exhibit of women musicians who have blazed a trail in the Toronto music scene is on display at a downtown museum.

nowtoronto.com

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 2d

Sunrise with Canadian Geese

#Photography #Landscapephotography #Sunrise

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Blackwing @blackwing3w.bsky.social · 4d

Missing:
Vera, 21
-last seen Oct 2, at 5pm, in the Harrison Gdns Blvd & Avondale Ave area
-described as 5'8" w/a slim build and curly brown hair w/ red highlights
-wearing a black jacket, long black skirt, carrying a black backpack & is known to wear glasses

#missingperson #missing #toronto #canada

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 3d

Lion Dance on Dundas St. W. as part of Nuit Blanche, Toronto

#photography #streetphotography #nuitblanche #Toronto

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 3d

Nuit Blanche at Aga Khan Muesem

#Photography #nuitblanche #Toronto

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 5d

Art on the western wall of the Yonge Street underpass at the old CPR North Toronto Station (Current LCBO store)

#Photography #Streetphotography #Toronto

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you much

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City of Toronto @toronto.ca · 6d

Want to do your part? The Waste Wizard helps sort 2,000+ items—from pizza boxes to old electronics.

Proper sorting keeps waste out of landfills, reducing our environmental impact. 🌍
Try it on the TOwaste App or at https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/

Photo of a bin of electronic waste with a broken cellphone in the center with text that reads “Don’t Guess, the Waste Wizard Will Help Clean the Mess”

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Joseph V 🍁🇨🇦🍁 @monkeeparts.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you