Fishing in Mimico Creek Mural

Location: On an east-facing wall at 5096 Dundas St. W.
Date photo taken: 17 April 2013
Image 3 in the Mural Series

The area around Islington Avenue and Dundas Street West was once the Village of Islington, with the first permanent settlers arriving in the early 1800s. Today, the strip of Dundas between Montgomery Road and Kipling Avenue is the focus of the Village of Islington Business Improvement Area. They have chosen to tell the history of this corner of the city through a series of 20 murals, spaced along Dundas. This image is a portion of a mural entitled Fishing in Mimico Creek and was painted, like most of the other murals, by John Kuna.

If you want to learn more, visit the BIA’s website to find out about guided mural walks, or check out Heritage Toronto’s Islington Village iTour and let it lead you on a tour of the neighbourhood.

Masc - Old City Hall

 

Location: On a corbel on the east side of Old City Hall
Date photo taken: 4 April 2013
Image 2 in the Mascs of Toronto Series

Old City Hall was designed by E.J. Lennox and completed in 1899. It is an example of the Romanesque Revival style of architecture. You don’t have to look very hard to find interesting faces on this building – they are everywhere!
 

Heritage Pig

Location: Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester St.
Date photo taken: 7 April 2013

Riverdale Farm is a small oasis on the eastern edge of downtown and the best part of a visit there is walking around the pens and saying hello to the animals. This is an Irish Tamworth pig, a hardy heritage breed that does well in more extreme climates like Canada’s, but isn’t well-suited to modern meat production methods and so is now listed as Threatened. Riverdale Farm’s animals are all chosen to represent animals that would have been present on area farms at the turn of the 20th century.

Bell Box - Patrice Stephens-Bourgeault

Location: Grosvenor St. just west of Yonge St.
Date photo taken: 11 December 2012
Image #2 in the Bellbox Series

This box, with a theme of monarchs and milkweed, is part of the re-boot of the Bellbox project which was undertaken by the Bay Corridor Community Association and 6 St. Joseph House (the Yellow Door Learning Centre) in 2009, with help from the City of Toronto, Bell Canada, Benjamin Moore and Goodbye Graffiti. Between 2009 and 2012 a total of 48 boxes were painted in the area roughly bounded by Avenue Road to the west, Roxborough St. to the north, Sherbourne St. to the east and Dundas St. to the south. This box was painted by Patrice Stephens-Bourgeault.