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With three universities, four major sports teams and countless shopping districts, restaurants, music venues and museums all vying for attention, it’s not surprising that the home of Toronto’s creative class also contains some of the city's best kept secrets. From high-profile to hole-in-the-wall, Downtown offers it all and then some.
Sweet Jesus
Tap Phong Trading Company
The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
St. Lawrence Market
Cubeshops
Multicultural network of quality products.
Wide Open
Second Cup Coffee Co.
Osgoode Hall
Toronto Dominion Centre
Mackenzie House
Dineen Coffee Co.
Lillian H. Smith: Toronto Public Library
Dark Horse Espresso Bar
Ryerson Student Learning Centre
Devonian Pond
Lavish & Squalor
Drake One Fifty
Detox Market
Music Gallery
PAI
Grange Park
Hart House
Sonic Boom
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Grange Park
Each day, approximately 5000 people visit Grange Park- a two-hectare green space in the heart of downtown. Great for people watching and steps away from the AGO, OCAD University and Chinatown, it's a favourite destination for professional creative types, dog walkers, tai chi practitioners, cyclists, sun worshippers and vagabonds. Grab a book and a "cold tea" or gather on the large lawn in the middle of the park to play frisbee with friends. Be sure to pick your favourite in the battle of architects, with a perfect view of Frank Ghery's redesigned AGO to the West, and Will Alsop's OCAD Sharp Centre for Design Box on legs to the East.