Posts Tagged ‘Rogers Centre’

Biscuit Lane

Posted: April 18, 2026 in alleys, graffiti and street art
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Biscuit Lane runs behind the east side of Yonge Street for one block, running south from Charles Street.   It was named Biscuit in honour of William Christie (1829-1900), the man behind Mr. Christie cookies.   A young William Christie started his career working for another baker, William McConnell whose shop was on Yonge Street in this area.   According to Wikipedia, Christie was paid $4.00 per month plus given room and board –  he baked at night and then delivered the baked goods by handcart to customers in nearby Yorkville.  After two years he left McConnell to work at another bakery in the same neighbourhood.

It is a short, narrow lane with street art murals now on both sides.

below: A Toronto mural in a Toronto alley.

street art mural of downtown Toronto with CN tower, subway, union station rogers centre, tall buildings

below: More Toronto, painted by Thomas the Anonynous

street art mural of downtown Toronto with CN tower, subway, union station rogers centre, tall buildings

below: “I’ll always be here with you!”

street art mural, with pink heart, words in heart say I will always be here with you.

street art mural,

below:Cartoon characters & Pop culture references!  Bert doesn’t look too comfortable!

below: Inspector Gadget, one of the Smurfs, Betty Boop, Tweety Bird looking angry, Goofy isn’t sure what’s happening, Launchpad McQuack, and Droopy Dog.

below: Marge Simpson with her enormous blue hair, Yogi Bear, Jessica Rabbit, Bert, Woody Woodpecker, Little Hiawatha, The Mask and Huckleberry Hound.

below: Along one wall is a large mural by Ness Lee – women with long hair

part of a mural by ness lee, black woman with long hair swimming or floating in white wavy water

part of a mural by ness lee, black woman with long yellow hair

part of a mural by ness lee, black woman with long green or white hair

below: Looking north on Biscuit Lane

looking north up biscuit lane, street art or urban art on both sides

below: Wanted poster for what looks like the Pink Panther in black hat and shades.  Wanted for “harbouring stool pigeons near sanctuary”

below: “Wanted for keeping it 2 real”.   Marvin the Martian?

below: …. and even more (with some repeats)…..  A smug Pink Panther and a concussed Sylvester….  Beep! Beep!

street art covering a door with many cartoon characters, pink panther, garfield, wiley coyote, donald duck, daffy duck, elmer fudd, bugs bunny, tweetie bird,

below: It’s the alphabet all jumbled up in many colours, many ‘fonts’, and many sizes.

double door in alley, covered with street art which is letters of the alphabet all jumbled up together in many colours

street art mural by thomas the anonymous in biscuit lane

street art mural by thomas the anonymous in biscuit lane, including circular target with red bulls eye

below: Superhero time!  Superman, Spiderman, and more.

street art mural showing some comic book superheroes

street art mural on blue background, in biscuit lane

electrical box in alley painted red, with words painted on it, raptors phone

Toronto street sign for Biscuit Lane mounted on a pole in the corner of a lane

looking north up Biscuit Lane towards Charles Street, with tall building on southeast corner of Yonge & Bloor visible in the background

Go Jays Go

Posted: October 10, 2015 in events
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It would be fun to write a post about the winning ways of the Blue Jays and up until two days ago I could have.  After a great ending to the baseball season, the Blue Jays entered the playoffs with back to back afternoon games against the Texas Rangers here in Toronto.   Yesterday the Rangers beat us 5 to 3.  Again today, the Blue Jays lost by two runs but this time it took 14 innings, or close to 5 hours.

The Rogers Centre holds just over 49,000 people and it was filled to capacity both days.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - many people on the stairs to the east of the stadium, and many people waiting in the square below, trying to get into the stadium through gate 6.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a woman gets the words Go Jays Go painted onto her cheek in blue and white paint

young man wearing Toronto Blue Jays light blue jersey, and he's wearing a blue jays flag as a cape that is billowing out from behind him. Other young men are around him, on their way to baseball game.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a young man wearing a Jays grey T-shirt break dances in front of a5 man drum band who are all wearing blue Blue Jays T-shirts. There are many fans watching them play.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a group of men buy baseball caps from a vendor outside the stadium.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a man in Blue Jays shirt and cap is being interviewed by CHCH TV

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a young woman poses with a man dressed in a chicken costume and a Blue Jays T-shirt

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a sea of heads, people waiting in line to get into the stadium.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - a man watches over the crowd

A man wearing a white Blue Jays uniform plays the drums while an onlooker poses beside him for a picture.

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - security guards checking the people entering through gates 10 and 11 at the Rogers Centre for a baseball game

Before a Blue Jays baseball game at the ROgers Centre - the crowd waits in line to get into the stadium, with a statue of Ted Rogers standing over the people

The next two games of the American League Division Series are scheduled to be played in Texas on Sunday and Monday.  If a fifth game is needed (it’s a best of five series), it will played in Toronto on the 14th of October, next Wednesday.
Keep your fingers crossed!