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Barton Street “shoes”

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Once upon a time, a very long time ago in fact, it used to be a shoe store on Barton Street. Now it provides exhibit wall space for street art artists. Almost two years ago I showed some photos that were taken here for the Wheat paste anti-gallery, (September 2023). The building still stands and the doors and windows are still covered with plywood. But now that plywood is taking on a life of its own as old wheatpastes fade and tear and new papers are added on top. This is how it looked mid-June 2025.

large sign, red capital letters on white, sh used to be shoes

below: Oakwood Place and the old shoe store at Barton E and Ottawa.

portion of Barton Street, building once known as Oakwood Place, and included a shoe store, now empty and boarded up.

below: A large wheatpaste, monochromatic, symmetrical collage with eyes in the center – a work by Jumblefacefoto, aka Jeremy Lynch.

A large vertical wheatpaste, monochromatic, symmetrical collage with eyes in the center by Jumblefacefoto, aka Jeremy Lynch

below: Zeroing in on just the lower portion of one …..

Lower portion of A large vertical wheatpaste, monochromatic, symmetrical collage with eyes in the center by Jumblefacefoto, aka Jeremy Lynch

below: Such wonderful feet!

jumblefacefoto wheatpaste on a plywood surface

below: Post no bills, if you can’t read it do you need to obey it?

an eye, and a sliver of the edge of a paper paste up piece, beside a section of plywood wall with multiple bits of old paper from graffiti, and some paint

below: More wheatpaste with eyes in the center.

jumblefacefoto paper collages graffiti on plywood wall

below: Remains of crnshnk pieces. Follow the link at the top of this post to see these in their prime.

remnants of older paper paste up graffiti, torn, on plywood, in black and white images

below: Another fragment of an older piece – what looks like a skull in a round mirror.

image of a skull in a round mirror, a portion of old paper paste up on wall, rest is torn away

below: Polar bear by Invasive Animal (from Sept 2023) is still there although now it appears to be behind bars.

paper wheatpaste of a polar bear, on plywood, by Invasive Animal, now behid a metal construction fence
three wheatpaste animals by invasive animal, a warthog, a rhino and a goat with horns
wheatpaste of horse head and mane by invasive animal

circular paste up that is weathered and torn and hard to see what was once there except for two fingers at the bottom

below: Almost disappeared.

old mailbox, padlocked door and remains of paper paste up graffiti on a wall and door behind metal construction fence

below: Warning triangles – missiles, tanks, and robotics.

warning signs in triangle shapes, as graffiti paste ups, behind metal construction fence, on building waiting for demolition

below: Stickers on the side of a Canada Post mailbox including two vintage kids by 33wallflower33

stickers on the side of a Canada Post mailbox

bicycles parked on the sidewalk outside a cycle shop, also a motorized wheelchair, scooter, in pink, Hamilton, Barton Street