A few shots from a walk up Strachan Avenue
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Situated at the Strachan Gate entrance to The Bentway, Memory Work is a mural made up of twelve embellished photographic portraits of revolutionary women and non-binary figures from a future Toronto. Memory Work is a monument that commemorates a speculative world. The people depicted in these portraits belong to a group known as the Mothers of Invention, abbreviated as MOI, and pronounced like the sound of a kiss. They are a group of revolutionary scientists, healers, creators, entrepreneurs, engineers, and organizers, represented in photographs taken by Omii Thompson of Mecha Clarke, Jennifer Maramba, Xiyao (Miranda) Shou, Zanette Singh, Cheyenne Sundance, and Dori Tunstall.
Exhibiting May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2023.
The Bentway is an urban space located under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway, across from Fort York. It offers many things: a skating park in the winter, and a year-round venue for creative practice, public art, and connected urban life. The Bentway marketplace was happening the day I visited.
At Grand Magazine Street, across from Fort York
Created in April 2019, Stackt Market is designed entirely out of shipping containers. The marketplace features a mix of shops, eateries, a microbrewery, great city views, plus lots of art and ongoing community programming. Located at 28 Bathurst Street, Toronto.
Located at 667 King Street West (SW corner of Bathurst Street), the Wheatsheaf is Toronto’s oldest bar, open since 1849.
St. Mary’s is located in Portugal Square at the corner of Adelaide Street West and Bathurst Street. The parish was established by Irish immigrants in 1852. The Gothic Revival-style church was designed by Joseph Connolly and completed in 1889, with the tower finished in 1905.
A short walk around the Queen Street West area near Bathurst Street
The Bovine Sex Club
NE corner of Queen Street West and Ryerson Avenue
159 Bathurst Street
As everyone knows, Toronto remains condo-crazy. I saw continued evidence of this as I walked around a part of the downtown core today.
The Esso gas station/Circle K (with a Tim Horton’s inside) on the NE corner of Church Street and Dundas Street East has closed to make way for more new condos. Interesting blogTO link here.
SE corner of Church Street and Dundas Street East
This area used to be an urban wasteland until recently
Queen Street East, across from Downtown Camera (89 Queen St. E.)
NE corner of Queen Street East and Church Street
60 Queen Street East
NE corner of Queen Street East and Church Street
Today I swing through College Park, walk down Yonge Street to catch the tail end of OpenStreetsTO, visit the Panamerican Food & Music Festival at Yonge-Dundas Square, and finish up on Dundas Street East where I checked out some urban scrawl.
Frogs and Lily Pads at College Park
Four years after the Aura condo tower at College Park wrapped up construction, the long-awaited revitalization of the College Park public space was completed. The old park was completed removed because the parking garage underneath required a new waterproof membrane on its roof. And… we have now have frogs!
Walking Down Yonge Street…
Panamerican Food & Music Festival at Yonge-Dundas Square
The Panamerican Food & Music Festival is Canada’s largest annual festival of its kind. It celebrates the rich diversity of cuisine, music and art from North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. The theme this year is Celebrating 10 Years of Flavour & Fun – Panamerican Style.
Then on to some street art…
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