Celebrating Community
More than just beautifying a plain wall of St. James’s Cecelia House, supportive housing for those living with mental health issues, the mural incorporates symbols that refer to the rich history of the community.
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Pulse of the Community
Charlie Johnston shows how a cottage hospital drives a community. It shows care and concern by the people involved. Dr. Twomey is listening to the pulse of the community. The mural was painted on the site of the old cottage hospital which is now a grocery store.
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Clash of Cultures
This mural, by artist Craig Goudie, depicts the history and culture of the Beothuk people with emphasis on Damasduit (aka Mary March) who died aboard HMS Grasshopper in Botwood Harbour during an attempt to reunite her with people.
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Busy Wagons
Busy Wagons was the first mural commissioned by the Millennium Murals Committee and installed in the summer of 1999.
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Aftermath
Hurricane Hazel struck Toronto on October 15, 1954. In her wake most of the Islington Golf Course and low-lying areas near Mimico Creek were flooded. The mural painted by John Kuna shows a group of volunteers arriving to help as a member of the Islington Fire Brigade helps moor their boat.
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Passage to Port Union
Port Union and the Rouge River share a history that spans thousands of years. The Port Union-Rouge Park mural, designed and led by experience mural artist Allan Bender of Blinc Studios, beautifully depicts parts of this story.
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Connections
The Connections Mural was created in 2016 as a Signature Project of the Cultural Hotspot, produced in partnership with the City of Toronto.
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Toronto Map Maze
Painted by Pam Lostracco, a map of Toronto wraps around all 4 sides of the box and the streets, highways and rivers create a maze.
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Let’s Take a Walk on the Wild Side
This mural was painted in 2016 by B.C. Johnson, with support from StreetARToronto’s Support Program. Johnson covered all four walls of the building (nearly 1000 square feet) with a freehand landscape design featuring Canadian flora and fauna. Upon completion of the mural, Johnson was hired by local businesses to paint numerous walls in the same plaza.
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Birches at Sunset
This bright coloured “rainbow” sunset was inspired by the youth’s input to celebrate diversity.
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Botwood WWII {1939-1945)
Artist: Craig Goudie, 2015.
This mural and its companion mural were painted on walls 6 feet high and 36.5 feet long. The concrete work was done by soldiers stationed in Gander, NL. The local legion also helped. -
Live Art Festival @ Underpass Park
As part of the 2015 Pan Am Path Art Relay, Underpass Park’s Live Art Festival was a collaboration between Mural Routes, StreetARToronto and CRBA. This festival included live painting on 18 of the underpass pillars, performances, community arts activities and the creation of five iconic murals on pillars facing Lower River Street.
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Piliriqatigiingniq
Piliriqatigiingniq is an unprecedented collaborative public artwork project by Cape Dorset, Nunavut youth artists and Toronto students and graduates of Oasis Skateboard Factory (TDSB).
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Terra Strat’aa
The TERRA STRAT’AA is the second landmark mural painted by MEDIAH for the City of Toronto.
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The Radi’aal Encompass
The Radi’aal Encompass is one of two underpass murals painted by respected graffiti artist Mediah in partnership with Mural Routes.
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Creekside
A signature project of Cultural Hotspot- East, this bright and beautiful mural is a permanent piece of public art, created to welcome visitors entering south Scarborough from the east. Located in the Highland Creek area of Scarborough.
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Birches and Bluffs 2014
Part of the Birch Cliff Community Mural Project
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Bomb Girls
Montreal based graffiti artist OMEN worked in collaboration with StARToronto to create this mural paying homage to the real life Bomb Girls who worked at the Scarborough’s General Engineering Company (GECo) plant in the area during World War II.
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Bellflower
Property owner Lefteris Karagianis worked closely with Mural Routes to continue streetscape improvements to his property at Greenwood and Gerrard. Artist William Lazos was selected through an open call competition to create a contemporary-styled mural that complements and reflects the recent interior renovations of the building.
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Forest of Birch Trees
“Forest of Birch Trees” was painted on panels and is now installed, towering three stories high on the side of Birch Cliff Public School.
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Birch Tree Bell Box
Mural Routes created three new murals in Toronto’s Birch Cliff community in 2013, as part of the Birch Cliff Community Mural Project. The partnership project now totals over a dozen unique birch tree themed murals along Kingston Rd from Warden Avenue to Birchmount Road.
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Welcome to Birch Cliff
“Welcome to Birch Cliff” was designed by Anthony Delacruz and painted by Mural Routes artists and volunteers.
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Faces of Islington
This mural, painted by John Kuna, celebrates the ethnic and cultural character of Islington as it has changed over the last century.
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Taste of Lawrence
(Please note: this mural was removed – 2018)
Spanning 5 separate walls, this mural shows a variety of scenes from the festival that celebrates the energy, culture and people of Wexford Heights neighbourhood
