Cat Patches hosts this weekly meme. Her theme this week is YELLOW.
This wall mural is in a section of Toronto called Leslieville. I took this photo in June 2012 while wandering around the area.
LESLIEVILLE began as a small village back in the 1850's. The village grew up around the Toronto Nurseries owned by George Leslie and sons, after whom this neighbourhood is named.
The mural includes Leslieville's first public school principal, Alexander Muir, who composed The Maple Leaf Forever. Muir's poetic verse was inspired when a brilliant autumn maple leaf fell from a Leslieville tree onto his jacket. That maple tree is still standing today and has become Leslieville's most famous landmark, designated by an historic plaque at the intersection of Laing Street and Memory Lane.
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Great picture Jake, I really like urban pictures, they always have a good "feel" to them.
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ReplyDeleteWow....wonderful street art! Love this.
ReplyDeleteI love Bldg Art. Really great shot and very interesting to see these. We still have some olde signs actually painted on the very olde (updated) buildings in uptown Saint John, down by the wharf. I love to see that this exists elsewhere as well. NICE !
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