You may have noticed that I haven’t posted for a while. Quite a while actually.
Reason # 1? I spent some time on a beach. It was sunny. It was warm.
Not a Toronto beach!
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one reason is…..
Posted: February 15, 2017 in UncategorizedTags: beach, blue sky, Caribbean, ocean, palm tree, sand, swimmers, water
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I went to London, England that is.
I took some pictures, fancy that.
I even wrote a blog post about it and you can read about it here. (it’s a start, lots more to follow).
Maybe they’re talking about it?
heading south
Posted: October 28, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: graffiti, Las Vegas, murals, Nevada, on the road, street art
I went to Las Vegas and hit the jackpot with some great street art and murals!
I’ve started a new page for Las Vegas street art and as usual, over the next few days I’ll be adding to it!
a short diversion
Posted: May 1, 2015 in UncategorizedTags: California, graffiti, La Jolla, Los Angeles, murals, southern California, street art, Twentynine Palms, USA
Last week I spent a few days in southern California where I found a lot of graffiti, street art and murals.
I have started to put together a collection of photos from this trip and you can find them on their own page or by using the menu at the top of the page, Worldwide → USA → California murals
Montreal
Posted: June 19, 2014 in UncategorizedTags: alleys, art, denial art, graffiti, instagram, le village, Montreal, murals, paintings, street art, zopel
Yes, there has been a shortage of blog posts here recently.
The reason? A trip to Montreal for MuralFest, and a chance to walk parts of that city.
The result? … of course! …. a few blog posts about Montreal! They are more to come over the next few days, but you will find them on the page labelled ‘Montreal’ – (link) or on the black menu bar that’s across the top of the page.
uber Pizza Pizza
Posted: October 4, 2013 in graffiti and street art, UncategorizedTags: chickens, intersection, Kingston Rd., mural, octopus, pizza pizza, street art, Toronto, uber, uber5000, urban
I had seen pictures of the mural painted earlier this year by Uber 5000 on the Pizza Pizza outlet at Victoria Park & Kingston Road. Yesterday I found myself in that neighbourhood so I stopped to take a couple of photos too. The afternoon sun made for some strong shadows along the west side of the building.
on the northeast corner of Kingston Road and Victoria Park Avenue
When I was looking online to find out more information about this mural, I discovered that Uber 5000 has a blog too. If you are interested in his work, take a look at his website.
up in the trees on a sunny day
Chickens chilling out on the west side of the building.
A very happy octopus covers most of the north side of the building – great pairing of the air vents and octopus tentacles.
happily playing in the water
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My Still Life
Your choice – meniscus, PCL or just “soft tissue injury of the knee”. The results are all the same – limited mobility.
That’s my life at the moment, my still life.
I’ve titled this photo “Behind bars – how I feel”. You can subtitle it as ‘A bit of silliness to make me smile as the lack of walking is starting to get me down.’
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Wychwood Barns
Posted: August 23, 2013 in locations, UncategorizedTags: artscape, bricks, converted building, five, heritage, St. Clair West, streetcars, Toronto, TTC, Wychwood, Wychwood barns
In 1913 the first of five Wychwood “Barns” were built by the city of Toronto as a streetcar maintenance facility. Streetcars accessed the site from the mainlines on St. Clair Ave., which is just to the north, via tracks on Wychwood Avenue.
There were five barns built from 1913 to 1921 as industrial buildings. They are brick structures, two storeys high with an interior steel structure that was exposed. The facility remained part of the TTC until 1992. The City of Toronto currently leases the site to Toronto Artscape Inc., a not-for-profit organization that develops and operates space for the arts, at $1 a year on a 50 year lease.
Barn 1 has been converted into a private live-work studio and housing for community artists, while Barn 2 was made into a community gathering space, including a theatre. Barns 1 & 2 became a covered street that is two storeys high, 60 metres long, and 10 meters wide. Barns 3 and 4 are private-public spaces where non-profit organizations can operate.
Interior of the present day Wychwood Barns, central part (barns 1 and 2). Historical photos of Toronto streetcars hang over the doors on the right.
A greenhouse and community gardens are located in Barn four. The roof was removed from Barn 5. All that remains is the steel structure that forms the arcade.
Barn number 5
Exposed interior wall
Sunflowers growing in the community gardens in barn 4.
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OLD BLOG POSTS
The older blog posts are slowly disappearing from this page.
If you are looking for something that used to be here, check the link “Old Blog Posts” at the top of this page.
You will find the older posts arranged in alphabetical order by title/subject.
as I walk Toronto 