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at Warden station

Posted: November 28, 2014 in graffiti and street art, history, locations
Tags: faces, GECO, history, horus, munitions workers, mural routes, murals, omen, people, Scarborough, Scarborough Junction, St. Clair Ave., street art, streetARToronto, subway, Toronto, TTC, underpass, Warden, women

Another new pair of murals painted under a bridge.
This time, they’re close to Warden subway station.

Beside a four lane road, a sign pointing to Warden station passenger drop off. In the background is a bridge over the road.

Warden subway station is on the southeast corner of Warden and St. Clair. Just east of that intersection the subway passes over St. Clair.

The north side of the underpass

The north side of the underpass is dedicated to the woman who worked filling fuses for the General Engineering Company (Canada) Ltd., a WW2 munitions plant that was located nearby. More about the history of GECO.

The south side of the underpass

The south side portrays the establishment of Scarborough Junction in 1873. This was when a second rail line and commercial hub was built in the area.

part of mural under subway bridge, large red cursive letters that say Scarborough Junction. A picture of an old Scarborough post office as well as a wood building that was a general store.

Scarborough post office and Everest & Sons’ General store. The latter was built in 1873 in Scarborough Junction.

The murals were painted by Montreal-based street artist Omen. They are also the result of a collaboration between the city-led art program StreetARToronto, not-for-profit arts organization Mural Routes, local historians and city councillor Michelle Berardinetti.

under the tracks at Bathurst

Posted: November 28, 2014 in graffiti and street art, locations
Tags: bathurst st., bike, boys, bridge, city, cyclist, Elicser, faces, feet, girders, girls, hands, men, miniature, murals, painting, people, railway, reaching, road, sitting, sneakers, street art, Toronto, underpass, urban, watching, women

Murals painted by Elicser in 2014, under the railway bridge on Bathurst St., just north of Dupont.

It is difficult to do justice to the paintings with a camera because of the structure of the bridge. The following images are ones that I took yesterday. Yes, there are many!

Dupont and Spadina

Posted: November 27, 2014 in graffiti and street art, locations
Tags: bright, candy, chicken leg, colours, Elicser, faces, food, food porn, garages, graffiti, hamburger, ice cream, men, moustaches, Movember, murals, oranges and reds, pizza, popcorn, skynz, street art, studio 32, tiger

A short walk around Dupont and Spadina.

At an intersection, looking across the street to a glass dome like structure that is a subway station entrance. Beside it is a building with a tag that says Uh Oh

The northwest corner of Dupont and Spadina and the weirdness that is the subway entrance.

Movember mural

looking across the street to a mural to commemorate Movember. Two large men's faces, both sporting moustaches beside the word Movember written in cursive.

On the northeast corner. Mural by Elicser

The men’s faces up close.

There are also a few brightly painted garages near the intersection.

A van and car parked in front of a street art mural of a face in blue, yellow and red that is surrounded with stylized food, especially candy and popcorn. The neck is an iconic red and white striped popcorn container. The picture is reflected in the windows of the van.

literally, pizza face, by Tim Skynz

a multicoloured tiger's face painted on a garage door

(photo from 2012) This painting is still on a garage door on Dupont. I was going to re-take the photo today but there was a vehicle parked too close to it. Painted by Studio 32, Jose Gabriel.

murals in the park

Posted: November 26, 2014 in graffiti and street art, locations
Tags: basketball, city, CN Tower, colourful, David Crombie Park, downtown, Esplanade, green, hands, heart, horizon, murals, playful, playground, Scadding, sunset, train tracks, urban, waterfall

David Crombie Park runs along the south side of the Esplanade between Lower Jarvis and Berkeley Street.

At the east end is a basketball court and playground. One of the back walls of the basketball court has been repainted with a mural by Shalak, Smoky and J. Periquet.

one end of the wall

the other side of the wall

Montreal

Posted: June 19, 2014 in Uncategorized
Tags: 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.

508

Posted: May 21, 2014 in graffiti and street art, locations
Tags: bathurst, city, clandestinos, colourful, graffiti, house, murals, painted, photographs, photos, shalak, smoky, street art, Toronto, urban

One house in the city.

The number 508 is above the doorway. An eye, part of two different murals, is on either side of the door.

508 in the middle

View of the front of a two storey building taken from the street in front of it. The exterior of the house is covered with paintings. Two faces cover what once the front windows.

eyes on the street

large painting of a red and blue bird on the side of a house. Hydro wires are also in the photo

bird contemplating a wire

A white toilet sits on a sidewalk outside of a house. On the side of the house, just behind the toilet, is a painting of a an old house.

outdoor plumbing

A large mural on the side of a brick house.

characters on the north wall

Croft Street

Posted: November 5, 2013 in graffiti and street art, locations
Tags: alley, Always, brick wall, cat, colours, Croft St., face, garage door, garages, graffiti, head, lane, Monty, MUHA, murals, photographs, photos, poetry, rain, rust, stencils, street art, Toronto, wood, words

Croft Street is not a street, but it’s more than a lane.

It runs between Harbord Street and College Street, just west of Bathurst Street. Although there are many different interesting things to be seen when you walk along this street, I have chosen to focus on the street art for this blog post. The following is a selection of what I saw.

large piece of street art on a couple of garage doors.

surveying the scene

a large piece of street art on a garage door.

a closer look

large piece of street art on a garage door, in purples and greys. Above the garage door is a rusted metal wall.

paint and rust

can’t sleep so I write

mural showing two red brick houses, a small grey apartment building and a green street sign that says Harbord St.

Harbord street sign

Did you know our Monty the cat?
King of Croft and all that
(Ask your dog. Ask your cat)
Did you give him a pet
Once you had met?
Or tickle his soft silken tum tum?
Did he tell you his tale in articulate meow
And share his affection with a rub of his brow?
His loss here has left us really quite blue
But remembering all of those of YOU
Who knew how to share a sweet kindness true
Who would pause on the way,
In midst of each day,
To offer wee beastie
affectionate feastie
In Memory of Monty
Thank you!

Mural painted on the side of a garage. It has been painted to look like a red brick wall. In the wall is a yellow window and a black cat is standing on the window sill.

painted cat on painted window sill on painted brick wall

Mural on a garage door showing a large group of people of many different races. There is a TTC street car in the center of the crowd. Some people are waving flags - a Canadian flag, a German flag, and a Union Jack

on the streets of Toronto

An old wood door and wall with faded graffiti on it.

hidden doorway

Street art on a garage door showing large stylized fruit with faces on them. A yellow banana, an orangish pink pear and apple and two other pieces of yellow fruit.

tutti frutti

A graffiti picture of a boy who is wearing a black and white striped sweater. Shown from the hips up. His hands are on his hips. It is on a white garage door.

with hands on hips and with added words

brown garage door, brown front door and rusty brown mail box. On the garage door is a piece of street art with orange and blue blobs. The front door is decorated with a grid made of metal strips.

art at the front door

greenery

A stencil graffiti of a stylized face in black and white. It is on a very red wall.

black and white and red all over

Here I stand in silence
but the patter of the rain
who I was, you’ll never know;
my triumph

A stencil graffiti of a woman's head. She has shoulder length hair and she is staring straight ahead with a stunned look on her face.

staring eyes

graffiti of a man's face. The mouth is actually a mail slot in a door.

mail man

At the south end of the street, there is a large red, white and blue mural by posr. I have not included it in this blog post because it warrants a post of its own. It’s the next blog post, or the URL is https://mcfcrandall.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/posr-on-croft-street/

eyes – here’s looking at you

Posted: August 15, 2012 in graffiti and street art
Tags: blue eyes, eyes, graffiti, murals, street art, Toronto, urban

I like taking photos of eyes whether they are part of a larger piece of street art of they are from something else! Here’s a selection of some of them.