There’s a video on the internet of a kangaroo hopping down the street in deserted downtown Adelaide Australia and there are photos of other animals that have taken to roaming urban streets now that many people are staying at home. I thought of these things as I drove downtown today. Not because I saw animals. Not because the streets were quiet and empty. No, instead I wanted to compare these animal sightings to the proliferation of orange and black traffic cones as well as dump trucks and other machinery. It seems like the city has taken this time to block more lanes for construction than usual – I may be imagining things but I doubt it.
below: Driving east on Adelaide
below: Demolition on Jarvis
below: Maud Street
below: Lombard Street
below: I think that they are looking at me but how can I be sure?
My destination this morning was Graffiti Alley. There were no tourists there today but there were trucks blocking the alley. More construction nonsense.
below: In fact there were two trucks
below: A new Nick Sweetman mural – a purple rhinoceros
below: This mural is not new but it is the first time that I have seen it with no cars parked beside it.
below: Graffiti Alley now tests positive for the novel coronavirus, the green variety.
below: KFC sits empty. That’s not a coronavirus victim – it was empty before we all started staying home.
below: A message from 525 and 523, Stay Safe! (actually it’s from T-bonez).
Stay safe and
stay healthy!
as I walk Toronto 