Rabbits

Location: Queen Street at River

Date photo taken: 30 January 2018

These two rabbits are part of a new mural which appeared last summer along the Queen Street facade of the Toronto Humane Society building at River Street. The artist, Uber5000, got up close and personal with the different types of animals that the THS cares for when he volunteered to help decorate the two meet-and-greet rooms in the building. Those rooms now each sport a doggie portrait. The outside is more inclusive, featuring, in addition to these rabbits, cats, gerbils, and a turtle, along with the dogs.

Snagglepuss

Location: On the side of the building at 74 Denison Avenue

Date photo taken: 16 August 2013

A bit of fun this week with Snagglepuss. It's part of a longer mural featuring some other cartoon characters, done by artist Uber5000. While it's on the side of a house, which may seem surprising, the house sits next to a school and park. 

Uber5000 Mini Mural

Location: SW corner of Kingston Rd. and Scarborough Rd.
Date photo taken: 30 March 2014
Image #1 in the Traffic Signal Box Series

Murals large and small have been sprouting like mushrooms around the city in the past few years. On the smaller side, it started with the painting of the ubiquitous short stout Bell phone boxes but colourful corner artworks now come in a new shape. Traffic signal cabinets, which normally sit quietly at intersections, invisible in plain view, are the targets of a new initiative by StreetARToronto. In 2013 they commissioned local artists to liven up 30 of these boxes. This great box is by Allan Ryan, aka Uber5000.

Uber5000 Mural - Victoria Park

Location: northeast corner of Kingston Road and Victoria Park Avenue
Date photo taken: 9 September 2013
Image 9 in the Mural Series

This is one small detail of a fabulous wrap around building-sized mural unveiled last summer at the corner of Victoria Park and Kingston Road. It was done by Toronto based artist Uber5000, aka Allan Ryan, and it was commissioned as part of the City's efforts to combat graffiti. Every bit of the mural is fun and whimsical but I love this part in particular for its clever incorporation of building infrastructure. In case it's difficult to make out in the picture, the artist has transformed some clunky hardware on the side of the building in to a large gold medallion.