Recently I was in the area east of Danforth and Main when I had one of those moments where I stop and say to myself “I’ve been here before”. I recognized some of the street art in the lane (see Alleyway of Dreams, 2016). For this blog post, I have started with the artwork that I didn’t remember on the assumption that it is newer. The murals that remain from 2016 all seem to be in good shape.
below: A collage of pictures called “Against All Odds” in the shape of a map.
below: On the same wall as the above is this mural of a swan. My apolgies to Alika, Angela, Dylan, Molly, Serval, Bandi, Ludo and Weal (?) whose names I chopped off. To the right of the swan, and behind a parked car is a piece by Mediah.
below: A hummingbird with a red hibiscus flower.
Love birds of a different colour
below: There had been a fire in the back of a furniture store not long before I walked the alley this summer.
below: A black cat in the moonlight, sitting on some very curly branches. This row of fences was painted in 2016.
below: This blue pug was here previously but the rabbit that was once beside it seems to have disappeared.
below: The blue rhinoceros with the whimsical horn hasn’t moved either.
below: Stay Out is still sprayed on the old wood door but now it has a new lock. The blue 666 is also an addition.
below: “Bee Haven” from 2014. One of the earliest bee/pollinator murals in the city.
below: Signatures. The mural was painted by Elie J. Saad, Sarah Van Dusen, and Curtia Wright with help from Community Centre 55 kids.
as I walk Toronto 