Allan Gardens Temporary Mural

Location: Construction hoarding, south side of Allan Gardens. Detail from south side, along Gerrard St. E.
Date photo taken: 25 October 2012
Image 1 in the Mural Series

In January 2012, the south portion of Allan Gardens was fenced off to act as the main construction site for the city’s water main replacement project. As the site will remained fenced off until 2015, Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam pushed for the construction hoarding to be beautified. The result is the Nindinawemaaganidok / "All My Relations" Mural. Covering almost 220 meters, this wall is the work of 21 community artists and depicts local and national indigenous history. Funding for the project was provided by C&M McNally Engineering.

The artists: Natasha Naveau, Rosary Spence, Gwen Lane, Angela Malley, Judy Rheume, Gary M. Johnston, Amanda Murray, Rebecca Baird, Cotee Harper, Graham Curry, Briana Stone, Lyndsey Lickers-Nyle Johnston, Isaac Weber, Honey Smith, Shelby Rain McDonald, Paula Gonzalez-Ossa, Kalmplex, Adrion Corey Charles, Ron Razor and Steven Henderson.

Regent Park Sewer Cover

Location: Regent Street, north of Dundas
Date photo taken: 25 October 2012

How often do you look at the ground below your feet? Sometimes there's some pretty interesting stuff down there. Like this manhole cover, located in the middle of Regent Street in the newly developed Regent Park neighbourhood. Turns out, they're all over the streets there. Thank you Toronto Culture. In a project called Grounds for Art, they invited Torontonians to submit designs for the three types of utility hole covers that are needed on our streets: sanitary, storm sewer and water valve. This is the winning design for the sanitary covers, designed by Xin Xu.