On the front lawn of a house located at 77 Yarmouth Road in the Christie Street-Dupont Street area, there sits a life-sized white elephant sculpture. Why, you might ask? The sculpture was created in 1999 by Matt Donovan as part… Read More »Sally, The White Elephant
It just wouldn’t be summer in Toronto without the street festivals. Pretty much any weekend from June to September there is a festival happening in the city, sometimes two or three events on the same weekend. The Toronto Chinatown Festival… Read More »Toronto Chinatown Festival 2025
On August 19 and 20 the Toronto Chinatown Business Improvement Area hosted its 23rd annual Toronto Chinatown Festival on Spadina Avenue, running from Sullivan Street to College Street. This year the Festival’s theme was Flaming Phoenix: Rebirth & Uprising, signifying… Read More »Toronto Chinatown Festival 2023
Hello everyone and welcome back after my TOcityscapes hiatus! If you’d like to see what I was up to while in Tuscany, Italy you will find my blog here. This past weekend I attended Doors Open Toronto and visited a… Read More »The El Mocambo
There is a small street in the Spadina Avenue/Richmond Street West area called Camden Street. While passing Camden Street this past weekend I noticed a flash of bright colour from a side alley there and decided I just had to… Read More »Artwork Off Camden Street
At 438 Richmond Street West, on the northwest corner of Spadina Avenue and Richmond Street West, there is an intriguing bronze sculpture by artist Stephen Cruise. Created in 1997, the piece is entitled Uniform, Measure, Stack. The sculpture consists of… Read More »“Uniform, Measure, Stack”
A little night photography for you. Actually, this post is part TOcityscapes and part photography experiment. It was a rainy evening when I took these night shots on the deserted corner of Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue.
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