The Magical Garden, by Broadview Community Youth Group and Wallnoise
in a park just north of the Danforth between Ferrier and Logan.
One wall features four murals created by members of the youth group.
Local street artists have decorated the other fences in the park as well as a couple of garage doors in the lane adjacent to the park.
Behind the south side of Queen St. West, starting at Spadina and heading west. At Bathurst there is a slight detour because someone built a Loblaws grocery store and a condo in the way. But just turn south to Richmond and walk a short distance west. On your right there is a small alley; follow this lane to almost Dufferin street – if there is no construction in the way!
I have walked this route many times. Sometimes there are new things to see, or changes have occurred. Sometimes I just notice things that I missed on previous visits.
Larger than life. The woman on red has been there since the first time I walked this way a couple of years ago. The aquatic scenes on the building across the alley are a more recent addition.
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Tom and Jerry and their never ending chase scene.
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The alley changes with the seasons. Even here there is greenery.
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Sunshine and shadows in the lane.
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Above the alley. She now appears in a few places.
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Tag, baker, inserted between two windows
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I just want people to like me. A sticker in McDougall Lane, a good use of US Priority Mail labels.
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I resurrect the destructed poster with a few tags added accompanied by a girl with a broken heart.
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He evolves. First his face was added – with googly eyes and his tongue stuck out. Now he seems to be anatomically correct as well!
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Starting to fray at the edges
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Garbage bins guarding the door.
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I’m not sure what he’s drinking, but apparently he’s grain fed. He looks a bit grubby because he’s sitting on the ground next to the dust and dirt in the lane.
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A smiling Cheshire Cat and a few other creatures.
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as I walk Toronto 