Cristian Ordóñez is a designer and photographer currently based in Toronto. Lived as a kid in Christchurch, New Zealand and Miami, Florida. He started his career more than 12 years ago in his native Santiago de Chile, where he operated H23 Studio. He arrived in Canada in 2008 to work at Blast Radius as Art Director. Today he resides at Concrete Design and does a variety of work across design, photography and artwork.
Toronto’s largest public park with many hiking trails, playgrounds, lake views, vegetation, picnic areas, a small zoo, coffee place, greenhouses, sport facilities throughout the year. A close place to my home and work, one of my favorites places to go, think, enjoy with my family or go on my own in a photographic walk on daylight or at night.
Address
High Park | 1873 Bloor St West. | Toronto, Ontario
To experience the traditional South American Mate infused drink and some delicious treats, El Almacen it’s the place to go. With some tasty Mate, Coffee and treats from caramel sweets to empanadas, El Almacen is a friendly place, run by its owners, they will teach you how to enjoy the conversation ritual of Mate. Located in Queen Street West, a good area to walk along interesting shops, parks and food in Toronto.
Address
El Almacen | 1078 Queen St West. | Toronto, Ontario
A must visit, if you are into design, this is the place for you to go. Pure Scandinavian and Japanese inspiration. Mjölk is a design store in Toronto where you can find beautifully crafted products, from furniture to handcraft useful and unique objects. Located in the Junction neighborhood of Toronto.
Address
MJÖLK | 2959 Dundas St West. | Toronto
Perfect relaxing place at the west end of the city. Getting of Old Mills Subway Station, you can discover a perfect spot to escape from the city and have a picnic or bike along the river north or south up to Ontario Lake, nice panoramic to the river marshes and the ruins of an old mill.
Address
Humber River | Old Mill Drive, Catherine St. | Toronto, Ontario
Friendly people, nice place, relaxed atmosphere, great music, natural light, treats and off course awesome coffee. Belljar is a perfect place to relax and start or end my day at the west end of the city, in the Roncesvalles / Dundas West area.
Address
Belljar Cafe | 2072 Dundas St West | Toronto, Ontario
Jason Koxvold - New York
Aaron Moran - Vancouver
Hannah Richards - Oxford
Eric Yahnker - Los Angeles
London based animator and director Matthias Hoegg has curated our screening for April with a great selection of short films, music videos and a bit of science as well.
Journalist and graphic designer Louisa Lau has added Hong Kong to the map of Citylikeyou, and what a great selection of places.
Check out illustrator and designer Noemi Schipfer's favourite places from Paris.
The list of cities and places recommended by creatives worldwide for Citylikeyou keeps growing: Barcelona, Beijing, Bergen, Berlin, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen...
