Some of the residents in one of Toronto’s oldest community housing complexes have waited as long as seven years for the City of Toronto to make property standards repairs. Data released by the city’s Municipal Licensing and Standards department shows over 100 tenant complaints have been made to the city about Vendome Place, with some dating back to 2010.
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Graffiti, street art and the City of Toronto
In the last three years, St. Luke’s United Church on Sherbourne and Carlton streets has spent around $1,000 annually to remove graffiti. The church even needed to buy an $800 power-washer. St. Luke’s would remove graffiti once every couple of years. Now, that happens about twice a year. Joanne Mastrotucci is the church administrator at St. Luke’s. She […]
New mural on Pape Avenue battles graffiti vandalism
“I wanted something related to the Greek culture, but not something harsh like Zeus, or some god,” Angel Carrillo said. “I wanted something playful and animated.”
Picasso Project paints over graffiti
Alleyways full of graffiti behind Gerard Street in Toronto’s East Chinatown are responsible for bringing cops and kids together through Project Picasso. The project is working with various community resources to paint over graffiti in the neighbourhood. “This is a great initiative through the Chamber of Commerce East Chinatown, 55 Division and Riverdale Collegiate, so […]
Mural goes big
At 200 Wellesley Street East, a yellow and orange phoenix rises up and reaches for the sky. The phoenix is a mural and it might soon be in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s tallest mural. STEPS initiative in Toronto facilitated the project, through their emerging ARTivist program, said Mojan Jianfar, program […]
Scarborough storeowner asks city to regularize graffiti
Helen Aspiotis used to have frequent problems with graffiti. Since her store was painted with a mural of a young man’s face and bright purple roses, Aspiotis’ graffiti problems have stopped. She’s appealed to the city to keep the mural.
UTSC students think outside the art box
First-year University of Toronto student Kostanca, who prefers to go by her stage name, has been singing since she was a child.
StreetARToronto aims to beautify city, reduce vandalism
Toronto will be getting a new paint job starting this summer. The city’s new StreetARToronto (StART) program is aiming to put up wall murals to add flavour and character to many of its neighbourhoods. These may be done as graffiti, stencil, mosaic, projections or other techniques.
Toronto not actively pre-empting graffiti
Despite graffiti on its buildings, walls and sidewalks, the City of Toronto has no plans to prevent it from happening in the first place.