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Borden and Cyril

Posted: November 8, 2021 in graffiti and street art
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There used to be this birdo mural (aka Jerry Rugg) on the northeast corner of Borden and College….

birdo street art on a rust coloured brick wall. Two animal like creatures in greens, blues and rusts. They are larger than life size, taking up most of the side of the building, up to the second storey level.

It’s gone now; replaced by this painting:

mural on the northeast corner of Borden and College streets

There are a few animals such as this blue bull in the mural with a lot of textual stuff.

blue bull in a mural, with lots of text throwups around it

below: There is also what looks like a little green humanoid squatting in the corner.  Are those UFO’s in the mural as well?

green alien humanoid figure squatting

below: Across the street is another animal theme mural; this time, it’s pink pigs.

mural of two fat pink pigs

Just north of College Street, Cyril Lane runs east from Borden.  Back in April 2015 I posted about some of the street art that I saw in Cyril Lane.  There haven’t been too many changes in 6 1/2 years but I thought that I would ‘update’ the photos from this lane just the same.

traffic signs on a pole in front of red brick rowhouses, Cyril Lane, plus no parking

below: I think it’s still trying to say something – and has been since before April 2015.

street art painting of a large white ckull with yellow teeth and a blue word bubble coming from its mouth

below: These two people date from the summer of 2015 and you can see what they looked like when new in this blog post (click).  I am not sure if the paint was purposely removed from the eyes or if that was an area more prone to peeling.

mural on an orange brick wall, two men with short black hair and very pink faces, paint has peeled away from or been removed from the eyes

below: Also from the summer of 2015 (there are actually 3 men in the mural):

part of a mural, two men with short hair, one has his arm around the shoulder of the other, head and shoulders view

below: Yoda peaks out from behind the wall.

a little green yoda like figure with a red baseball cap, peering out from behind a door

below: a face in blue and white by Philip Saunders

blue and white line drawing of a face on a brick wall

back of kaiser hotel, with philip saunders paintings of heads on two levels, other paintings there too

looking westward on Cyril lane, behind kaiser hotel

backs of upper levels of red brick houses, seen from an alley behind

GAWD’s animals

Posted: May 18, 2019 in graffiti and street art
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Just south of St. Clair West, Runnymede Road runs under the CP train tracks.   In the summer of 2017 the wall on the west side of the underpass a mural was painted by Christopher Ross (aka GAWD).  It is a collection of animals, mostly in shades of pink and blue – dragonfly, pigs, birds, and more.   Most of the animals are in pairs.

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a dragonfly

mural on a wall, two fat pink pigs snout to snout

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a pink bird

part of a mural, two bird heads in orange and brown tones

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a blue animal and a pink animal

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, a large blue bear

part of a mural by Christopher Ross on an underpass wall in pinks and blues, the end piece of the mural, mushrooms

At one end of the mural, this little engine sits on a tree stump.

part of a mural by gawd, a little railway engine sits on a tree stump

alleyway of dreams

Posted: June 7, 2016 in graffiti and street art, locations
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The Alleyway of Dreams is an art project begun in 2012 that aims to spruce up and add some colour to a lane near Danforth and Main.  I walked the alley yesterday and this is what I saw.

below: A large mural by StreetARToronto, caring hands and large bees in Bee Haven. (2 photos)

part of a mural on a wall in a lane, a pair of yellow hands, a small plant pot is in one hand, a small green seedling is growing in the pot

part of a large mural on a wall in a lane, three very big bees

Artist Nadia Hakime has painted several animals on the garages in fences in the alley.

below: In the barnyard, four cows and three pink pigs.

graffiti street art animals painted on garage door in an alleyway - four cow heads and three pink pigs

below: A blue rhinoceros with a horn that resembles a flowering tree.

graffiti street art animals painted on garage door in an alleyway - a blue rhinoceros with a horn that looks like a tree

below: This giraffe thinks you’re standing on your head.  His world is a very upside down place!

graffiti street art animals painted on garage door in an alleyway - a giraffe against blue sky with clouds. It's head is bent down so that the giraffe fits in a square space

below: A cute little bunny and a friendly blue dog ready to make friends.

Two sections of a fence painted with animal heads - a brown bunny on a green grass background and a blue pug dog

below: A majestic looking tiger.

graffiti street art animals painted on garage door in an alleyway - a tiger's head

below: Humphry the donkey turns to look.

graffiti street art animals painted on garage door in an alleyway - a donky's head on a turquoise fence

below: Grapefruits on the left and peaches? apricots? on the right.

two sections of wooden fence painted, one with pink circles and the other with orange ovals

below: A wonderful blue chameleon is smiling at passers by, painted by Steven Micallef.

graffiti street art animals painted on garage door in an alleyway - a bright blue chameleon

below: A ‘Starry Starry Night’ shed, thanks to Vincent Van Gogh and artist Nadia Hakime.

a copy of Vincent Van Gogh's 'Starry starry night' is painted on the side of a shed in a backyard.

blue vertical stripes painted on a white garage door, close up shot, with some new green growth on a small tree that is growing beside the garage

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