Underpass on Brock Ave
Delightful stop-motion animation involving contents of Queen West bookstore.
Posterscape, Nassau at Augusta, Kensington Market
Toronto, June 2006
The spot where I stood to take this picture is a condo now. The building in the foreground is now a huge pit, soon to be a pair of condos. The next layer of buildings are already replaced by condo construction that has risen seven storeys, enough to block the view of downtown and the CN Tower.
Remembering the Secret Swing
In the summer of 2005 I showed my brother and my cousin the Secret Swing, which was installed by artist Corwyn Lund in a wedge between two buildings, available from Graffiti Alley behind Queen Street West about a block an a half west of Spadina.
Neither of them knew anything about the swing. I pretended that we were just going to check out the graffiti, and then had the pleasure of surprising them with the swing.
A little bit more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Swing
Dude watches from a balcony as the wrecking arm chipped away at the smoke stack, all that remained of 48 Abell.
Last bits of 48 Abell.
I can’t be the only one bothered by the fact that “Triangle Park” will be a rectangle.
View from above of remains of 48 Abell, from mellisajtaylor.
48 Abell deconstruction near completion. More pictures and video from the deconstruction can be found here.
The beginning of the very end of 48 Abell.
408 Queen St W | Sept 2011
A new mural by John Abrams is underway, replacing his previous ‘living’ mural. The building required structural repairs and the previous murals did not survive.
Earlier:
408 Queen St W | July 2011
410 & 408 Queen St W | January 2011
408 Queen St W | March 2006
Queen St W, Vanauley to Cameron | June 2010
portraitsofqueenwest: 1172 & 1170 Queen St W | June 2011
“After 12 years Fly Gallery is packing it in. Our mandate has been to keep art accessible and contribute to the cultural life of the street. Since 1999 the development of this stretch of Queen St. has changed the dynamic of that culture. One may call this development ‘Gentrification’. Often associated with negative connotations it is a reality of many urban neighbourhoods. Whether the development is a good or bad thing, it is a factor in why Fly is leaving Queen West. Is this Paradise Lost or a new beginning? The spirit of Fly will live on and we have invited artists to say goodbye with us.”
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