Always nice to see a visual representation of the old CLRVs still displayed.
They truly were Toronto's streetcar; old, rickety, rusty and omnipresent.
#TOphoto #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Beaches #AlleywayTO
Always nice to see a visual representation of the old CLRVs still displayed.
They truly were Toronto's streetcar; old, rickety, rusty and omnipresent.
#TOphoto #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Beaches #AlleywayTO
The personification of Toronto's transit zeitgeist, the enduring CLRV.
Remember and dearly missed on these streets.
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #GraffitiAlley #AlleywayTO
The personification of Toronto's transit zeitgeist, the enduring CLRV.
Remember and dearly missed on these streets.
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #GraffitiAlley #AlleywayTO
The Hillbilly Porsche.
I can only surmise that someone got lucky on some scratchies & splurged it all on a Porsche. But ran out of money to buy proper cinder blocks to hoist her up for display
#AlleywayTO #classiccar #carspotting
The Hillbilly Porsche.
I can only surmise that someone got lucky on some scratchies & splurged it all on a Porsche. But ran out of money to buy proper cinder blocks to hoist her up for display
#AlleywayTO #classiccar #carspotting
We will end todays #AlleywayTO ramble by visiting an old friend.
Thanks for coming along.
#UrbanGaze #Graffiti
We will end todays #AlleywayTO ramble by visiting an old friend.
Thanks for coming along.
#UrbanGaze #Graffiti
Around the next bend an alleyway throne appears.
On everywalk, at least one toilet proclaims its dominion over the local alleyways.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze
Around the next bend an alleyway throne appears.
On everywalk, at least one toilet proclaims its dominion over the local alleyways.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze
Feel free to follow along as I wonder the alley & streets of Riverdale.
We will start with Alleyway Jesus, who brings salvation to the laneways of Broadview's east end Chinatown.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #Graffiti
Feel free to follow along as I wonder the alley & streets of Riverdale.
We will start with Alleyway Jesus, who brings salvation to the laneways of Broadview's east end Chinatown.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #Graffiti
Alleyways are a DIY dream or a nightmare, depending on your take.
Lax adhesion to building codes is not uncommon.
In this case 5 full-sized bedroom doors chained togehter to create one garage door
They say that necessity is mother of safety code violations
#UrbanGaze #AlleywayTO
Alleyways are a DIY dream or a nightmare, depending on your take.
Lax adhesion to building codes is not uncommon.
In this case 5 full-sized bedroom doors chained togehter to create one garage door
They say that necessity is mother of safety code violations
#UrbanGaze #AlleywayTO
The plastic fantstic 90s Dodge Stealth, (a Mitsubishi rebadge) has been given a new life. Looks like she's been given some new shoes.
#UrbanGaze #alleywayTO #carspotting
The plastic fantstic 90s Dodge Stealth, (a Mitsubishi rebadge) has been given a new life. Looks like she's been given some new shoes.
#UrbanGaze #alleywayTO #carspotting
Callbacks to the days before Chinatown, Riverdales commercial and industrial past straddle the train tracks.
People lived, shopped and toiled in the local factories here.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #Ghostsigns
Callbacks to the days before Chinatown, Riverdales commercial and industrial past straddle the train tracks.
People lived, shopped and toiled in the local factories here.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #Ghostsigns
The Signature Marker by Pierre Poussin was erected about a decade back, commemorating the individual history of this space, across from a former factory turned business lofts.
Behind it a large print of Queen st. 100 years ago, streetcars and all.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze
The Signature Marker by Pierre Poussin was erected about a decade back, commemorating the individual history of this space, across from a former factory turned business lofts.
Behind it a large print of Queen st. 100 years ago, streetcars and all.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze
While Spadian Chinatown grew large & central, this one remained rather contained. Sadly shrinking over the years.
Now not many of old signs remain
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #GhostSign
While Spadian Chinatown grew large & central, this one remained rather contained. Sadly shrinking over the years.
Now not many of old signs remain
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #GhostSign
Space of storage, impermanent and decay. And sometimes a space for play.
This one has a small local park and playground.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze
Space of storage, impermanent and decay. And sometimes a space for play.
This one has a small local park and playground.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze
The Holy Blossom Cemetery lies hidden just behind Pape & Gerrard. Consecrated in 1849, it predates the 1st synagogues in Toronto. Built in what was a rural area, it now sits hidden in the city.
Hustory abounds in Torontos liminal spaces.
#UrbanGaze #AlleywayTO
The Holy Blossom Cemetery lies hidden just behind Pape & Gerrard. Consecrated in 1849, it predates the 1st synagogues in Toronto. Built in what was a rural area, it now sits hidden in the city.
Hustory abounds in Torontos liminal spaces.
#UrbanGaze #AlleywayTO
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A mishmash of Marvel and DC comic book superheros on one garage door.
Someone who lives there really loves comicbooks or trademark infringement, possibly both.
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #theAnnex #AlleywayTO #MarvelComics
A mishmash of Marvel and DC comic book superheros on one garage door.
Someone who lives there really loves comicbooks or trademark infringement, possibly both.
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #theAnnex #AlleywayTO #MarvelComics
An ode to the 511 Exhibition streetcar and possibly the only famed and beloved bus route in the city.
The 77 Spadina Bus. The route immortalized in the Shuffle Demons 80s song; Spadina Bus.
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #theAnnex #AlleywayTO
An ode to the 511 Exhibition streetcar and possibly the only famed and beloved bus route in the city.
The 77 Spadina Bus. The route immortalized in the Shuffle Demons 80s song; Spadina Bus.
#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #theAnnex #AlleywayTO
In an alleyway south of Danforth and Woodbine an ode to the venerable maroon and cream PCC streetcar that plied these streets in the days before the subway.
As always this is a streetcar city.
#LanewayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Danforth #AlleywayTO
In an alleyway south of Danforth and Woodbine an ode to the venerable maroon and cream PCC streetcar that plied these streets in the days before the subway.
As always this is a streetcar city.
#LanewayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Danforth #AlleywayTO
From one end of the city to the other, garage murals pay homage to the humble streetcar.
This one in Leslieville can be found on Dundas west of Greenwood.
#LanewayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Leslieville #AlleywayTO
From one end of the city to the other, garage murals pay homage to the humble streetcar.
This one in Leslieville can be found on Dundas west of Greenwood.
#LanewayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Leslieville #AlleywayTO
More I wonder around the old city and its many laneways the more streetcar garage murals I find.
This city icon is truly beloved by city dwellers and despised by suburban drivers.
#LanewayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Roncy #Roncesvalles #AlleywayTO
More I wonder around the old city and its many laneways the more streetcar garage murals I find.
This city icon is truly beloved by city dwellers and despised by suburban drivers.
#LanewayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #Roncy #Roncesvalles #AlleywayTO
Including mannequins.
The city always give you something stop and gawk at.
#AlleywayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #publicart
Including mannequins.
The city always give you something stop and gawk at.
#AlleywayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #publicart
Sitting in a private laneway off King St, its not the easiest find.
And as always the old CLRV streetcars have etched themselves into the zeitgeist of the city.
#AlleywayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #graffiti
Sitting in a private laneway off King St, its not the easiest find.
And as always the old CLRV streetcars have etched themselves into the zeitgeist of the city.
#AlleywayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #graffiti
Spotted these 3 gems of garage door murals all near College & Bathrust.
The old CLRVs have edged themselves into our collective memory as a city.
#AlleywayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #graffiti
Spotted these 3 gems of garage door murals all near College & Bathrust.
The old CLRVs have edged themselves into our collective memory as a city.
#AlleywayTO #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #UrbanGaze #Toronto #graffiti
This early 2000s VW wagon is the epitomy of unpretentious utilitarianism.
Shame that you can no longer buy decently priced station wagon in this market.
This old gal has sat idle and shoeless for atleast a decade.
#AlleywayTO #stationwagon #abandoned
This early 2000s VW wagon is the epitomy of unpretentious utilitarianism.
Shame that you can no longer buy decently priced station wagon in this market.
This old gal has sat idle and shoeless for atleast a decade.
#AlleywayTO #stationwagon #abandoned
It gives both offense and consequence, withith a touch of undue malice. Bonus points for the embossed white on red lettering.
9/10 on the scale of homeowner placed signage.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #Toronto
It gives both offense and consequence, withith a touch of undue malice. Bonus points for the embossed white on red lettering.
9/10 on the scale of homeowner placed signage.
#AlleywayTO #UrbanGaze #Toronto
Feast your eyes on these beauties, peacefully idle.
We got a Pontiac Grand Am, a Honda Civic & what looks like a 70s mystery machine.
@normal-cr02-metal.bsky.social any ideas?
#UrbanGaze
Feast your eyes on these beauties, peacefully idle.
We got a Pontiac Grand Am, a Honda Civic & what looks like a 70s mystery machine.
@normal-cr02-metal.bsky.social any ideas?
#UrbanGaze