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market day

Posted: August 14, 2025 in general Toronto
Tags: asparagus, bakery, blueberries, brie, cheese, crab legs, fish, food, fruit, kebabs, market, pasta, peaches, people, salmon, sandwiches, shops, strawberries

A few scenes from the St. Lawrence Market on a busy summer afternoon

Halloween on Church, 2023 edition

Posted: November 2, 2023 in events, people
Tags: cameras, Church St., corrupt fruit, costumes, Donald Trump, Egyptians, fruit, halloween, masks, night, nun, party, people, pictures, posing, pumpkin head, spiderman, wigs

Photos from the annual Church Street Hallowe’en party this year:

Spider

Spadina open doors

Posted: June 29, 2017 in doors
Tags: asian, Chinatown, Chinese, clothing, food, fruit, people, sale, shops, Spadina, stores, streetcar, TTC, vegetables

Spadina doors, stores with doors wide open to take advantage of the summer days. Spadina was once the center of the garment industry in Toronto. Then it evolved into Chinatown, especially the area south of College and north of Queen. It still retains some of its Chinese character although there are many other Asian and South Asian influences. There have also been some changes as the Asian merchants and residents move to the suburbs.

below: Racks of clothing for sale on the sidewalk

below: A quiet corner for a cigarette break

below: She’s standing outside a restaurant that’s covered with signs and menus.

below: There are usually many vendors with small tables of items for sale, such jewellery, herbs & other plants, small household items, clothing, knick knacks, etc.

below: And last, an open door of a different kind.

As you can see, the doors themselves are uninteresting, it’s the context that counts here.

This is a “Thursday Door” post. If you are interested in doors, there are lots of blogs that feature door photos on Thursdays…. check out Thursday Doors organized by Norm 2.0 for more information.

street food…. sort of

Posted: August 29, 2016 in graffiti and street art, locations
Tags: apple, artichoke, banana, blueberries, carrots, community, eggplant, fruit, green onion, Kensington, lemon, mural, mushroom, onion, painted, painting, peas, peas in a pod, people, pod, raspberry, road mural, turnip, vegetables, watermelon

Toronto’s first “street” art – a mural on the pavement, painted on the street itself. It’s located on Baldwin Street in the Kensington market area.

below: The mural was painted on Pedestrian Sunday (28 Aug) when the streets were closed anyhow.

Murals on the street aren’t legal in this city. In 2015 City council voted against making them legit. Instead, they allowed this one to go ahead as part of the StART Road Mural Pilot Project. Plans are afoot for a few more to be painted in the next couple of months. The city has imposed some restrictions as to where they can be painted, rules such as the murals need to be away from intersections and be on streets with a low volume of traffic. It is rumoured that future road murals will be on Condor Avenue (west of Greenwood subway yard), Lauder Avenue (near Dufferin and St. Clair), Hiawatha Road (Little India), and lastly, somewhere in North York

below: The next two pictures were taken from the upper level of the adjacent parking structure (where I had a chat with a security guard, private property and all that).

The pilot murals are all the result of work by community groups – people within a community working together to produce something representative of that community.

below: Painting a raspberry. The shapes were drawn by artist Victor Fraser and then painted by a number of artists and volunteers. It is an acrylic based paint that will wear off in 6 to 9 months.