Traffic Signal Box - Succulent

Location: corner of Jarvis and Carlton
Date photo taken: 5 January 2019
Image #12 in the Traffic Signal Box Series

With spring flowers and outdoor greenery still several weeks away, here's a lovely succulent courtesy of self described art person and plant enthusiast Angelica Fernandes. If this box leaves you wanting more just pop across the street and check out the Arid House in Allan Gardens, home to a large display of unusual cacti and succulents.

Hatch

Location: Winchester Public School, Ontario Street

Date photo taken: 6 January 2019

This mother bird and chicks are part of a larger mosaic called Hatch, located on the west side of Winchester Public School. Designed by Anna Camilleri, it was created with the help of over 400 students and staff at the school and is one of five public art projects in the neighbourhood overseen by Red Dress Productions. If robins are a sure sign of warmer weather to come, I present these ones as a reminder that winter won't last forever. 

3 Mutual Street

Location: Mutual Street, just north of Queen

Date photo taken: 17 March 2013

This handsome building sits on the lower portion of Mutual Street in an area currently undergoing intense redevelopment. In 1973 it was added to the city's heritage register but, unlike the row houses just to the north, it has never been designated. An application has been submitted for a 35 storey condo development on this corner, but initial plans call for the partial retention of this building as well as some of the buildings around the corner on Queen. It will be interesting to see how the project develops.