It was a sunny day for my Leslieville photowalk. I started my ramblings on the corner of Dundas Street East and Broadview Avenue, then slowly worked my way further east, then south, to Queen Street East. I called it a day when I reached Leslie Street then caught the streetcar home.
Leslieville is great for photography and offers so many quirky opportunities. I know I certainly enjoyed the day.
Corner of Dundas Street East and Broadview Avenue
On the side of SEED Alternative Secondary School, 885 Dundas Street East
948 Dundas Street East
Dundas Street East, near Logan Avenue
Seen in someone’s front yard on Dundas Street East
Created by the artist Herakut in 2012. Located at 1135 Dundas Street East.
Located in Carlaw Dundas Park, on the corner of Dundas Street East and Carlaw Avenue. Pierre Poussin’s Brick Obelisk is a three-sided pyramid which responds to the shape of the Carlaw Dundas Park where it is erected. It is 9.2 metres high, ensuring that all traffic – pedestrian, bicycle or car – will be able to see it as they enter and explore the neighbourhood. The obelisk is made with corten steel onto which historic maps of the neighbourhood, spanning from 1851 to 2016, are etched. The structure is illuminated from within by LED lights so that details of the etched steel are visible at night.
Enlarged photo in Carlaw Dundas Park, on corner of Dundas Street East and Carlaw Avenue
1130 Queen Street East
1137 Queen Street East
Queen Street East
Mural by Elicser and Sight, 2016. Corner of Queen Street East and Jones Avenue.
Northeast corner of Queen Street East and Jones Avenue, Leslieville
Reggie’s Queen East Appliance Centre, 1180 Queen Street East
1225 Queen Street East
1225 Queen Street East
Gio Rana’s Really, Really Nice Restaurant, 1220 Queen Street East
1130 Queen Street East, corner of Bertmount Avenue and Queen Street East
1095 Queen Street East
Nice paint job! 1015 Queen Street East.
1054 Queen Street East, corner of Queen Street East and Pape Avenue
947 Queen Street East
923 Queen Street East
Northeast corner of Logan Avenue and Queen Street East. This interactive mural is a creative placemaking collaboration between Contemporary Canadian Artist Benny Bing, Paulina O’Kieffe-Anthony, Craig’s Cookies and 908QSE Inc., integrating arts and culture in community development and rejuvenating the Queen Street East and Logan Avenue streetscape.
698 Queen Street East, corner of Boulton Avenue
771 Queen Street East
745 Queen Street East
Queen Street East
Hi Marvin, as you may know, my mom lives at Chartwell Avondale Retirement Home at the north west corner of Queen St. E. and Leslie. I have taken a slightly different walking route to and from her home (south on Carlaw to Dundas, east to Boston Ave. , south the Queen, east to Leslie, so missed some of this). We have eaten at the Duke a few times, we both got our eye exams at the Eye Studio (Leslieville Optometry has now moved to Riverdale) and my mom has also bought flowers for the past 3 years at that Garden Centre! What an interesting place! Love it! Thanks for the post and your great photos.
It is a wonderful neighbourhood, isn’t it? Very quirky with interesting things to shoot. It reminds me of Ossington Avenue in some ways.