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http://www.briankilgore.com/TorontoTravelTips.htm It's out of date, but the general info should be useful.'
If you are just taking pictures for fun, you will not have any permit problems at the Distillery District. Lots of stonework.
Make sure you vist the Jane Corkin Gallery while there. (Photographs) And there's the Mill Street Brewery.
Harbourfront in winter still has lots to see and do. including skating rink, several art galleries, places to warm up.
North of Harbourfront (up Rees Street) is the Steamwhistle Brewery, in an old railway roundhouse.
It's at the foot fo the CN Tower.
Big circle walk.
Starting anywhere on the circle, of course, but for right now, Toronto City Hall, where there's a skating rink.
West on Queen Street past Osgoode Hall -- kaw courts, interesting architecture.
CRoss University AVenue -- Really old house.
Keep walking west to Spadina, and then keep going to Portland (see earlier posting about grafitti)
Turn back and walk to Spadina.
North on Spadina through Chinatown to Kensington Market.
Back south on Spadina to Dundas. Turn east along Dundas through more of Chinatown to Art GAllery of Ontario. Radical new exterior from Frank Ghery.
On east side of AGO, turn south down McCaul Street past Ontario College of Art and Design (giant box on top of stilts) and back to Queen Steet. You'll be a couple of blocks from City Hall, your starting point.
Another (smaller) circle:
Start at Bloor and Yonge.
West on Bloor past fancy stores to Avenue Road and the Royal Ontario Museum -- brand new architectural addition. Keep going west past Royal Conservatory of Music (new additions, too) and keep going past the north edge of the University of Toronto (sidetrips into the campus optional, or see two paragraphs down) until you get to Bloor and Bathurst, where you will see Honest ED's big store.
Go one more block to MArkham Street, turn south, vist DAvid Mirvish Books for excellent photography books.
Back to Bloor, and retrace your step back along Bloor to Spadina. South on Spadina and turn east through the UofT campus.
Arrive back at Bloor And Avenue Road through the campus, and head north on Avenue Road. Walk north past The Four Seasons and turn right (east) along Yorkville Avenue. North two blocks on Hazelton, looking at art galleries, and then back down Hazelton to Yorkville Avenue.
East to Belair, south one block to Cumberland, west on Cumberland back to Avenue Road. Find a subway going the way you want. Museum takes you south, Bay takes you est or west.
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