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Intersections – Kingston Road and Victoria Park

Posted: November 9, 2026 in alleys, graffiti and street art, intersections, nature, stores
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…. a walk around some of the streets near Kingston Road and Victoria Park Ave on an unseasonably warm November afternoon.

below: “Love is Here”, a couple under a red heart in a mural painted by Phillip Saunders. There are a few trees in front of it so you might have to look a bit harder for this one.

large mural behind a tree trunk, Love is Here, by Philip Saunders, a couple under a red heart, skin of the man and woman is done in bright colours, patchwork of colours,

below: Another mural is one by Uber5000.  It’s on its way to becoming an oldie!  Back in 2013 I posted more pictures of it – uber Pizza Pizza – because at that time it was a Pizza Pizza restaurant not Heffys Fried Chicken.

large Uber 5000 mural on the side of a building on Kingston Road (at Victoria Park)

below: Little yellow birdies are enjoying their day at the beach – eating popsicles, playing frisbee and lazing in the sun.

part of a mural by Uber 5000

below:  This cat’s got the tunes!

part of a mural by Uber 5000, a grey cat with yellow rimmed glasses is carrying a ghetto blaster on its shoulder

below:  Hold on tight!

cat on a red roller coaster ride

below:  These birdies are hanging out at number 205 including one perched on a branch of birch tree and strumming away on his guitar.

part of a mural by uber 5000, birch trees, around a door, yellow bird sitting on tree branch with his guitar, another bird with red headphones

below:
sign outside store, on sidewalk, that says confidence this way

below: Kingston Road Market, with its distinctive bright red Coca Cola circles, is at the corner of Scarborough Road and Kingston Road.  These are what are called Privilege Signs.  Brands (such as Coca-Cola) supply these signs to independent store owners for free in exchange for prime advertising space.  Coca Cola started producing these red signs in the late 1930s.  They were common in the 1940s and 1950s but are rare now.

Kingston Road market at northwest corner of Scarborough Rd and Kingston Road, with large red circle, old fashioned, coca cola signs

market at corner of Scarborough Rd and Kingston Road, with large red circle, old fashioned, coca cola signs

large sign hanging over the entrance to a locksmith shop, sign is shape of a large white key, Custom door and look service,

below: Newer white apartment buildings just east of Victoria Park (or new cladding on older buildings?)

newer white apartment buildings

below: A touch of Art Deco in the alley albeit a bit rusty and in need of some TLC

narrow vertical window on a a white brick wall, with rusty art deco motif metal grille over the window

brick, two storey building, sign says convenience, store at corner of Kingswood and Kingston Road.

below: Kingston Road looking east towards Victoria Park

firetruck on Kingston Road, traveling west from Victoria Park Ave

below: 1922, Kingston Road west of Victoria Park –  Kingston Road had a tram!    The hydro poles and wires looked just as bad back then as they do now.

black and white photo, 1922 of Kingston Road, looking west from Victoria Park

Photo from City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 16, Series 71, Item 1607

below: Rocket J. Squirrel, better known as Rocky, and his friend Bullwinkle are the good guys!  But look out!  Boris Badenov and his partner in crime Natahsa Fatale are up to no good!

rocky and bullwinkle cartoon theme mural on a garage door in an alley

below: Purple faced

two dark cars parked in front of a mural featuring a young man with a purple face and a green hat

below: Giving

mural on a grey wall beside a door

below: Mural by The Half Decent… a white swan? a white goose? The angle makes it difficult to tell.

mural by The Half Decent, of a white bird (swan or goose) up high on the side of a building

below: An elephant approaches…

graffiti and a painting of an elephant's head

below: Uber 5000 also painted one of the sidewalk boxes.  Another cat with a ghetto blaster but this time a little yellow bird is taking advantage of a comfortable place to sit (and sing along?)

Uber 5000 painting on a sidewalk box, yellow birdies and cats

below: Just south of Kingston Road, Victoria Park makes a sharp turn left because of the geography of the area.   There is a large cliff, or ravine, that Vic Park has to detour around.  At the bottom is Neville Park Blvd which can only be accessed from the south at Queen Street.  You can just make out the rooftops of the houses – and there is at least one swimming pool down there.

view from Victoria Park Avenue overlooking north end of Neville Park Blvd, large cliff, lots of trees, no access

below: Peak autumn colours have passed but a few reds, yellows, and oranges linger on.

alley view, white garage, chainlink fence covered with vine with red and orange leaves, tall tree with most of its leaves already gone

below: Pumpkins!  Or at least the remains of some.  Cast out after Hallowe’en.

pumpkins on a small shelf behind a building

very tall pine tree in a lane, high rise apartment building at the end of the lane

very tall tree in front of a single family home, November, a few leaves left on the tree

alley views

concrete block building in an alley, with two very small windows and a downspout pipe, white and black tags, graffiti on the wall

grey buildings in an alley, autumn

red coloured oak leaves, autumn, on small tree

vine growing on a fence, autumn, leave have turned yellow and orange with some reddish spots

plant with yellow leaves and dark blue or purple berries

And last, a nod to Hallowe’en and those who keep their lawns decorated into November.

lawn decorated for halloween with a skull on the ground in front of a fake tombstone with RIP on it, also the fake bones of an arm and a hand, lots of coloured leave on trees and fallen on ground