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Tattersall and Stevenson Lanes

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below: Step Right ….. and Follow along!

pink spray paint arrow pointing right

below: In Melbourne’s CBD, Tattersall and Stevenson alleys are connected. They are also covered with a lot of paint and paper! As I wandered through these lanes I tried to capture some of the more interesting things, both big and small.

stevenson alley, lots of graffiti and street art, trash bins, metal kegs stack against one wall,

below: Spiderman likes taking pictures

graffiti in an alley, an image of spiderman with a camera, a pair of red underpants with waistband words going going gone, also a sticker with words end medical weight stigma

below: The Street Art Hunters (aka SAH) are dressed in hot pink!

graffiti poster by the street art hunters, group of three dressed in bright pink coveralls with black masks, psychadelic colours background

below: A purple Frankenstein along with his bride, also in purple, hanging out together behind bars. Artwork by Moon of Jupiter Art (aka Ryan Callisto)

graffiti poster by Ryan Callisto, a purple Frankenstein, along with a purple bride of Frankenstein, on a wall behind green metal bars, in an alley

below: Now in green. A small Complimentary Nuts paste-up is immediately below this version of Mr. and Mrs. Frankenstein, “7 out of 10 dentists say that your teeth are awesome. The other three need your cash”.

Frankenstein and his bride, both in green, looking at each other, paper paste up graffiti in an alley

below: A third poster by Ryan Callisto. This time Frankenstein is just a tattoo on her arm.

below: “You’ve got to love Melbourne!”

graffiti with words, you got to love melbourne, with lots of hearts as well

below: Fall in love, not in line

paper paste up graffiti, with words fall in love

below: “Sending you love because wow! what a shithow” and Love is Hell.

graffiti

below: “What if we kissed in the smouldering ruins of capitalism?”

small sticker graffiti in an alley, with cursive writing that says,

below: Little beaded diamond shapes like these have appeared all over downtown Melbourne.

graffiti, little diamond shapes covered in beads to make designs

below: Every deck of cards needs a Joker

playing card with large face the Joker, from the Batman series

below: Two artworks, paper paste-ups. A woman’s portrait on top and a playing card style image of Jimmy Hendrix, the H of Hearts, below.

paper paste up graffiti, two pieces, in an alley, top is a portrait of a woman, and lower is playing card style, on black, h of hearts,

Graffiti paste up image, playing card style, I of hearts

below: Prince, in purple, becomes the P of Hearts in this playing card style image.

graffiti paste-up image of Prince singing, in purple, P of hearts,

below: When someone came along with a can or two of spray paint, the little girl with the “Just doubt Fascism” sign survived. The bug on the right is probably not too happy with the situation.

below: A musical bluebird by Lukas Kasper.

below: Is it smiling? or smirking?

painted street art on a brick wall, blue and yellow striped snake like creature with one big eye and a small mouth with yellow teeth, looks to be smiling
In an alley, wall and shared street zone signs are covered with stickers and spray paint graffiti

below: Two megaphones… and a very determined look on her face

black and white paste up a woman holding up a megaphone in each hand, partially obscured with pink spray paint

below: It’s always fascinating to see how some bits of graffiti last so much longer than others. Even if they are left untouched, they slowly weather and fade away until almost ghost-like.

old remnants of paste ups on a wall, one is a rabbit with long ears, eyes cast downwards. the other is a woman in profile with a very large hat

below: While we are on the subject of “vintage” graffiti, there are four pieces on this wall by Junky (aka Daniel Lynch) They are looking a little rusty and forlorn. I first encountered ‘recycled’ cans like these when I was in Melbourne in 2016. See post, Junky Recyles

wall in an alley, some junky projects recycled cans 3D artworks

below: Button-eyed face

faded and weathered paper paste up in an alley

Paper paste ups on a dark wall in Stevenson alley

a section of wall in an alley completely covered with stickers

sticker graffiti with three male faces, on a painted wall, with hand painted hearts

below: What is a Lost Form?

black and white stickers on a pole in an alley, both about Lost Forms,

below: Door covered with posters, street art images

door covered with about 12 posters, all images, graffiti, in an alley, Stevenson Alley

below: Closer view of the posters on the bottom half – SAH, Tweet

about 6 pasteups on a door in an alley, all images

below: top half

about 6 pasteups on a door in an alley, all images

below: Scrawny alien-like character with big yellow eyes and spikey hair. Is there a pop culture reference for this guy?

graffiti, image of skinny alien-like character with big yellow eyes, spikey hair, wearing headphones

below: The Postman and David Bowie

graffiti paste up by artist known as the postman, image of david bowie on a spray paint can

below: A blue Care Bear sticking out his tongue, and Robbo-T times two wandering in the forest.

stickers and graffiti on an alley wall, small blue care bear sticking out its tongue, a robbo-t paste-up of two little robots in a forest

below: Pink hair and blue eyes, times two

below: “Praise be the form eaters”. Any ideas as to what this means?

below: Looking a little closer… Still not sure….

below: Red eyes burning small but intense.

below: Parrot

street art painting of a parrot

street art painting, poster, of a woman's portrait, with red spray paint defacing it


below: Little yellow LEGO guys from Street Art Hunters, one with a gun and the other holding what looks like a container? a camera?

stickers and paste ups on an alley wall, above a door, one is yellow lego characters by street art hunters

below: That’s probably Michael Jackson in the middle.

older graffiti portraits painted in an alley

below: Dried flowers.

graffiti paste up, detailed black and white drawing of dried flowers, on a black wall,

below: “Woman with Feathers”, a collaboration between Adnate and Shida, 2012

portrait of a woman, surround by wispy feathers, high on a brick wall, by adnate and shida

paper paste up graffiti, a realistic image of a hand holding a marker, and a drawing of a blue scooter with an orange balloon

below: “How cool are you in the hot city?” – and more ‘messiness’ in Stevenson Alley.


spray paint covers most of a black and white sticker of a face so only the eyes show

abstract formed by close up of graffiti scrawls and spray paint in various colours

Photos taken March 2025

Graffiti Alley – spring 2024

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As you might know, every once in a while I walk down Graffiti Alley in Toronto to see if there is anything new that might be of interest.  This blog post is a result of last week’s walk….

below: Orange hair with attitude – “You don’t look smart because you have a beard!” by NYC based City Kitty. In the upper right corner all the way from the UK, a D7606 old style telephone featuring David Bowie… call a friend.

graffiti on a wall, pasteup of man with three eyes and a lot of orange hair and facial hair. Also a paste up by D76060 of a blue old fashioned rotary phone with an image of musician David Bowie in the center.

below: Havana to Toronto and of course, 2 + 2 always = 5.

two images side by side on a wall in graffiti alley

below: A diverse group of faces

below: Many more faces but mostly a frowny face man.  Every time I look at this picture I think of Poilievre but that opinion might get me into trouble!

stickers, graffiti, on a pole, a painting of a scowling frowning man on the wall beside the pole

below: Purple with green wings and a golden halo – horus and tuffytats (aka Trevor Goodwin) be dreaming again?

tuffytats painting on a wall in graffiti alley, female figure in purple with wings and a halo

below: “Tell them louder”

below: Yarn squares crocheted and attached to a pole with Urban Ninja Squadron’s T-bonez looking on.

yarn squares, knit and or crocheted, and attached to a utility pole in alley, a large urban ninja squadron paste up is beside it

below: No Dumping stickers

black and yellow city street sign saying no dumping,with many graffiti stickers on it

below: Playing on his knees.  That’s quite the instrument.  Cuba on his shoulder.

below: And a similar man with curly hair and beard, but this time in pink.

pink portrait of a man with curly hair, curly beard, and a mustache, his eyes are closed

below: A blue legless and armless robot along with a conehead type creature with a big mouth, both at 733.

below: FPmonkey – a young woman with long purple hair tied up with green flowers.   A single red tear drop on her cheek.

below: Uber5000’s marine life is still a colourful fixture in the alley.

below: Nearby, his Toronto/Canada themed mural has not lasted as well.  A couple of yellow birdies are still visible.

defaced uber5000 mural, with tags and graffiti over it, some yellow birdies still visible

below: Spiderman and the Spiderverse – some of the mural remains untouched but much of it has been tagged over

part of a mural about spiderman and the spiderverse but some of it has been tagged over

below: En masse has a number of pieces in the area including three metal boxes on the sidewalk – this is part of one of those boxes.  Almost all of their work is in black and white.

part of a black and white desiden by en masse on a metal box on the sidewalk

below: The tears of a clown when there’s no one around….

part of a mural, a clown with large white collar, white hat with red hearts on it, and a lot of white face make up is crying big tears, flower in his hat, big red mouth,

below: She’s green.

below: Tiny finds on a blue wall.  Princess Lays Chicken (Princess Laya Chicken?)

below: remnants of Black Lives Matter, and a new purple flower on the door.

below: A scrawny cat scribbled on yellow paint.  In case it is difficult to see, the sticker (or paste up) on the pole is an old television set with text near the bottom that says, “HAHA”.  Interpret it as you wish (as usual).

below: Rubbish in the lane (maybe just a spring clean up needed? … not that the alley is usually clean LOL)


Photos taken March 2024
This post also appears in As I Walk Toronto blog