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Coxwell and Soller

Posted: June 12, 2026 in doors, graffiti and street art, intersections, locations
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A walk down Coxwell Avenue with a few diversions along the way…..

below: Part of larger mural painted by Al Runt that covers most of the exterior of a building on Gerrard near Coxwell.

part of a mural by Al Runt, fantasy characters with big mouths and little arms in colourful colours.

The “Soller” part of the title of this post is a direct reference to artist Rowell Soller. As it turns out he was touching up one of his murals on Coxwell when I walked past.

artist Rowell Soller works on a mural near Coxwell and Gerrard, a woman's face in red and orange tones

mural by Rowell Soller, woman

below: This large painting is on the same building as the mural in the photo above.  It is a collaboration between Soller and Flips.  If you see a painting in Toronto that has those curls and swirls, it was probably painted by Flips.

large Rowell Soller mural on a building that is on the southwest corner of Coxwell and Gerrard

below: “The choice is yours”

pink and black curves, plus text in white that says the choice is yours

Harrys Burgers restaurant and a Home Hardware store on the northeast corner of Coxwell and Gerrard

old bank building, now for sale, on Coxwell Avenue

below: Coxwell and Gerrard (south part), looking southeast.    A quirk in the map, a jog in the street.  For reasons no longer clear (probably something to do with the history of the area), Gerrard is divided by Coxwell into a southern and a northern section.   This is the southern part where it is Gerrard to the west of Coxwell but Eastwood Avenue to the east.

Coxwell and Gerrard

side of building beside vacant lot that used to be Dean Motors International

below:  The sign says Fairford Avenue, which is partially correct as it is Fairford to the west of Coxwell, but Gerrard Street to the east.  Confused yet?   The 506 Carleton streetcar runs on Gerrard as far east as Main Street and west all the way to High Park… but it has to make two turns at Coxwell to stay on Gerrard.

new apartment building being built on northeast corner of Coxwell and Fairford, TTC streetcar in picture, Carleton Car.

below: Signs of summer!

looking down a path in a ravine to the street where an ice cream truck is parked

below: Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School is just east of Coxwell.  It was built in 1923.

Bowmore Road junior and senior public school, an old brick building

below: Does anybody still refer to Toronto as ‘The 6ix’?  It was popular ten years ago when Drake used it in a song but I haven’t heard it much recently.

sign in store window that says the 6ix

in the window of a pottery store, some terra cotta pots, also a sign that says it's the other pot shop

below: Another Coxwell mural, another collaboration between Rowell Soller and Flips (from 2022).

mural by flips and rowell soller on the side of Pizza Nova on Coxwell Ave

below: … and yet another, this time with yellow curls

part of a mural by flips and rowell soller, 2 white faces, with a green face in the middle, yellow curvy curls

a car is parked in front of part of a mural by flips and rowell soller, 2 white faces, with a green face in the middle, yellow curvy curls

below: More Soller painting, this time on Queen East close to Coxwell, a woman in blue.

mural by Rowell Soller and Flips on brick wall outside of Coffee House on queen Street East

a man in shorts and sandals walks past a small table and two olive green chairs on the sidewalk

old, now empty, Canadian Dry Cleaners building on Queen Street East

looking through a bicycle store window with man walking on sidewalk, a bus, and other street scene, bikes in the store and hanging from the ceiling

below:  Emdaabiimok Avenue is now the name of the lower part of Coxwell, south of Queen. In Anishinaabemowin, Emdaabiimok translates to “where the road goes to the water”

Emdaabiimok Ave city street sign, at Queen

people waiting for a bus at a bus shelter on a sunny summer day

very large, tall, tree on a residential street

a woman wearing a head scarf is opening front gate in front of a small orange house with a white door

driveway between houses, orange cones around corner of one of the houses, garage in the back

three single famiily houses on coxwell avenue

single family residences on Coxwell Avenue

below: There are a lot of tiny houses on Coxwell!

single family residences on Coxwell Avenue

three small houses squished together on coxwell avenue

below: There is also this tall skinny house that has a footprint of only 16′ x 16′   (just under 5m x 5m).  It has one bedroom and is built on stilts.  It is accessed from the sidewalk by a bridge.   Originally it was painted in blue, red, green, and yellow squares and rectangles and really did look like it was made of Lego blocks.   If you hear of someone referring to it as the Lego House, that’s why.  This pale blue and dark grey mix looks much better!

single family residences on Coxwell Avenue

below: Like most other places in the city, there are always changes to be seen whether it is a complete reno of a house or the addition of a rooftop terrace.

square three storey residence, beside older single family home that has new rootop terrace

single family residences on Coxwell Avenue

below: If you walk (or drive) slightly farther north on Coxwell, you might see this car.  Its collection of colourful and sparkly decorations has slowly grown over the years to the point where there isn’t much room left!

reddish colour car covered with sparkly bits as decoration

woman standing on front porch with a hose, watering garden of flowers

orange and red blotchy door, red brick wall,

blue and white street sign, coxwell avenue, hanging by a traffic light, red light,

open sign in window, opening times sign with red letters, Boxes of old milwaukee beer and creemore beer signs inside the store