These are the quite elegant stalls to be found inside the Casa Loma stables which I showed you yesterday. The stables were built to house the pedigreed horses belonging to Sir Henry Pellatt who was the man that had Casa Loma built. They also contain a potting shed and a conservatory but not all have been restored to the degree that the stalls have!
I have shown you many pics of Casa Loma before and this is a pic of the stables belonging to it. They are located up the street from the Casa and are connected to it by an 800 ft long tunnel that runs 18 feet below the street. I have been in the stables (but not the Casa itself) and will show you a pic of the quite elegant horse stalls tomorrow!
This is the 2nd part of yesterday's installation of "Stardust & Time" by John McEwen and it consists of several of these large sheets of corten steel that have had numerous stars and arrows cut out of them and are mounted along the walls of the courtyard. I love the richness of the corten steel and have found some pics of the pieces lit up from behind at night where the stars glow but you don't see the wonderful colour of the steel so I think I'll go for daytime.
I was wandering around the huge complex of condos where the fishing bobs of a couple of days ago are to be found and happened upon this wonderful bear high over the entrance courtyard to one of the towers. It is part of an installation called "Stardust & Time" and was done by artist John McEwen in 2009 as part of the city requirement for art in new developments. I have shown some of his work before as you can see by clicking the label below - in particular the sleepy steel teddy bear in Wychwood. This piece is said to combine McEwen's love of animals and astrology with the bear referencing the constellation Ursa Major while the base has many cut-out stars. I will show you the 2nd part tomorrow.
I just spotted these ghosts of signs past recently even though I have passed by them hundreds of times. It is amazing that no one took them down years ago before the neighbours put up their awning or before that pipe was installed. I'm sure that the Coke collectors would have loved those top two!
Taking part in Signs, Signs. Click here for more signs.
These giant fishing bobs are among my favourite art installations in the city. They were designed by Douglas Coupland and installed in Canoe Landing Park when it opened in 2010 and they seemed to have handled the weather and have avoided vandalism since. In the background you can again see some of the cranes that are being used to construct more condo towers downtown!
This very long mural is located at a railway underpass on the north side of Dupont St and was completed in 2008 by artist Joel Richardson. The same artist did a mural in 2011 on the south side of Dupont and was paid by the city to do the work. Unfortunately some zealous workers in the anti-graffiti department of the city decided that that one was graffiti and had it removed. There was a huge uproar and the artist was again paid to repaint it. This one on the north side managed to avoid all the confusion! I have no idea what the mural means.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click here for more murals.
