as I walk Toronto

below: Leslieville mural on the west wall of Dave’s Hot Chicken, Queen Street East location.

below: I spotted a very similar piece of paper downtown but with words about knowledge and ignorance (see previous blog post). I wonder how many of these are tacked up around the city?  These words can be attributed to American economist and social theorist, Thomas Sowell (b. 1930).

 

below: Beside Jimmy Simpson Park there are four stainless steel pennants, each with a word – coursing, disappearing, trembling, and returning.  These are part of a series of three installations called “Time and a Clock” by Eldon Garnet in the area.

below: Jumblefacefoto collage paste-ups.

below: Boston Discount Store with it’s red and white KitKat advert

below: posters and protests and one very muscular man three times.

below: Queen and Jones Pawnbrokers

below: Eddie’s Convenience with a range of tests available.  I first read it as though Eddie was also selling pregnancy tests!

below: It’s now been 2 years since COVID was declared a pandemic.

below: Queen East mishmash of rooflines. Newer boxy construction butting up against older original half gables with their gingerbread still intact.

below: In a lovely older brick building with little architectural details, Fortune Smoke & Gifts Store along with Butchers of Distinction

below: Busy Street runs parallel to Queen, one block north. It was once a very busy street.

But now it is much quieter. Some of the buildings on the north side were once stables for the teams of draft horses that delivered the goods from the nearby Queen Street stores.

below: The horses have long disappeared and the buildings have been repurposed.

below: Another little upper storey addition above Cask Music and Samaira’s.

below: Moving up in an alley

below: Ubiquitous

below: Feelings boi graffiti paste-up