Monday, April 18, 2011

Great Toronto Fire of 1904


Just by coincidence, I went last week to catch 3 murals commemorating the huge fire of 1904 that burned down an enormous section of downtown Toronto and was the largest fire ever in the city. I didn't realize then that the fire started on April 19 so this is the anniversary week of the fire that destroyed over 100 buildings! This mural is on the back of a building facing out onto Croft St which is a laneway where I have shown you many laneway houses in the past. 2 more murals to come.

9 comments:

  1. This mural is fantastic, despite all the tragedy.
    Well, all the murals you post here are great, I don't think we have so many around here.

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  2. Cool Mural!
    Thank you Red Pat!..
    Always hungry ;)

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  3. What a colorful, interesting and meaningful mural, Redpat.

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  4. Always enjoy a good mural... one with a historical slant, even better.

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  5. The colours are beautiful...but the event was not. I didn't realize April 19th was the anniversary of the fire.

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