Carved Panel - Factory Worker

Location: Lower level, 2 Queen Street E.
Date photo taken: 16 February 2018
Image 7 in the Remnants Series

This panel is one of five that used to run vertically up the exterior of the Peoples Optical Building at 8 Queen St. E. When the building was demolished in 1995, the limestone bas-relief panels were saved and eventually relocated to their present location, in the hallway outside the lower subway entrance at the north east corner of Yonge and Queen. 

Topiary Street Light

Location: Lakehurst Crescent

Date photo taken: 9 September 2013

In honour of Earth Day - a streetlight completely overwhelmed by greenery.

Traffic Signal Box - Anna Bucciarelli

Location: North east corner, Gerrard and Sherbourne
Date photo taken: 16 February 2017
Image #9 in the Traffic Signal Box Series

This latest traffic signal box to be featured on NeaTO was painted in 2016 by Anna Bucciarelli. The design pays homage to the traditional Ukrainian decorative style known as Petrykivka which generally features plants, especially flowers, often accompanied by birds, on a white background.

Barrymore Arms Apartments

Location: 2A Salem Avenue

Date photo taken: 9 June 2014

Image 2 in the Portals series

As I've mentioned before, doors have always held particular interest for me. There is so much about this doorway that I love. The birds above the door, the door itself with its collection of windows, the lanterns on either side, the name. Built around 1935, The Barrymore Arms is now looking a little shabby but its name and its stonework are still pretty impressive. Which leads to something else I find fascinating - the practice of naming buildings. Condo and apartment complexes all over the city bear names that often seem quite fanciful. At one point I started mapping them. It's a work in progress.