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abandoned site, Baldwin & Spadina

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There once was a building on the southwest corner of Spadina Ave and Baldwin (Toronto).  That building is long gone but the hoardings around the vacant lot have become a home for graffiti.  Although advertising posters sometimes take over some of the space, there is often new graffiti too.

This is what was there in January 2025.

below: The Last Laugh by Nigel Smith.

graffiti on old hoardings at baldwin and spadina, a sign that says the last laugh, words written in red capital letters on black background

below: Paste-ups on plywood.   On the left – a City Kitty character in big pink frame glasses (and what’s that on his head?!).   Small black and white pasteups include Visual Noise with Urban Ninja Squadron.

pasteups on plywood hoardingsbelow: WOW! He is not dead yet.  Live!  Let Live!

three drawings on a fence, one red, one white, one blue, lines, face, and words, he is not dead yeat, ugly, beauty

below: Two pieces by Bao aka (Bao Pham) who seems to like to mix cultural icons that aren’t usually associated with each other.

graffiti by Bao Pham, Trans Quebec, Beatles as storm troopers in a shield shape

below: “Fab Four Troopers” Quebec highway sign

graffiti by Bao Pham, Trans Quebec, Beatles as storm troopers in a shield shape

below: “Return of the Boom Bap Trooper”

graffiti street art by Bao Pham, storm trooper from Star Wars movies holding a ghetto blaster on his shoulder, wearing rapper jewellery

below: A woman’s portrait among the advertisements.

posters on hoardings, some advertising television programs, some HIV education website and in the middle is a graffiti street art picture of a woman with flowers in her hair

below: “Frida Moss”, A Frida Kahlo and Kate Moss mash-up, also by Bao

graffiti picture of a woman (photograph) with flowers in her hair and a cigarette in her hand

below: A green catchoo looking atch youcatchoo green rectangular face paste up

below: Ouch!  Another Urban Ninja Squadron paste-up, this one in collaboration with Dio Tha Dog.
\Photos taken January 2025

visual noise, and urban ninja squadron black and white paste up on a pole

Photos taken January 2025
This post also appears in As I Walk Toronto blog

Elliott Street, Melbourne

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Street art on Elliott Street, Fitzroy,
photos taken February 2016

below: irate on a brick wall.

large text graffiti that says IRATE, purple on the top and blue on the bottom, on a brick wall on the side of a building.

below: Birdies for lunch.

two garbage bins and a motorcycle in front of a mural on a grey wall. Mural is of a large rhino with its mouth open, trying to catch birds in its mouth, two leaping lemurs and leaping away from the rhinocerous.

below: Super Lemur?  Super Animal of some sort?

street art painting of an animal with a black and white striped tail, wearing a fuzzy white band around its head, and a red cape. Also wearing a shirt with a big S on it.

below: And pigs can fly – so too can others by the looks of it.

a mural of an assortment of animals on a grey wall. a ladybug, two flying pigs,

flying creature with bird body and human face, holding a drink with a straw in one hand.

a street art painting of a ghetto blaster with speakers that look like round eye, tiny legs with sneakers and arms with big white hands.

a white car is parked on a street in front of a long wall with street art on it, two tags, or text graffiti and a ghetto blaster painting.

mural up high on the side of a building, a man amongst magenta trees.

below: You are all the same, times four.

mural up high on the side of abuilding, a man amongst magenta trees. below it are two garage doors covered with graffiti

below: A green squirrel with a knotty nut.

tiny green stencil squirrel on a wood fence. A knot hole in the wood looks like a nut in the paws of the squirrel

Two paper paste-ups, a teapot and a mug. Both have faces on them. The teapot is pouring tea into the mug.