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working on the windows

Posted: May 20, 2024 in graffiti and street art, old buildings, public art
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On the west wall of Revival Nightclub at Shaw and College is a series of paintings by John Nobrega that recall some of the history of the area.

single storey red brick building with arched windows that now have artwork in them, murals by John Norbrega in tribute to the workmen who built some of the infrastructure, such as bridges, in the area

John Nobrega mural, laborers working on a bridge, historic image

John Nobrega mural, laborers working historic images, man walking past on sidewalk, another man working on cable box beside the sidewalk

John Nobrega mural, laborers working on a bridge, historic image

below: The image at the bottom is the bridge over the Garrison Creek at Crawford Street, about 1915.  It has been since covered over (in the northwest part of Trinity Bellwoods Park).

2 paintings on wondow coverings on revival nightclub, red brick building, painted by John Nobrega

below: Trinity Bellwoods Park and wooden bridge in winter

mural, painting of a trinity bellwoods wooden bridge

below: The credits and descriptions:

window in a brick building covered with blue. White text on the blue describing the artwork elsewhere on the building.

“These mural represent our changing city and the structures that once existed in the neighbourhood. It is dedicated to the laborer, many of them immigrants, who helped build Toronto.”
1. Garrison Creek, late 19th century
2. Crawford bridge, under construction, 1915
3. Wooden bridge that stood in Trinity Bellwoods Park
4. Harbord Street Bridge
5. Trinity Bellwoods bridge in Winter
6. Crawford Bridge, on the current site of Metro
John Nobrega, 2021

 

Note: The Harbord Street Bridge mentioned above was also over the Garrison Creek.  It still survives today but only the top part is visible, between Montrose and Grace.  Bickford Park is to the north and Art Eggleton Park is to the south.  Both parks are where the Garrison Creek ran.