Cycling: West Toronto Railpath (City of Toronto, Phase II Proposed)

[UntitledCyclist]

Progress at Wallace and Railpath. Taken 15 December.

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Making some excellent progress on that cinnamon bun!

 

[UntitledCyclist]

That brand new glass signage already tagged to ****. Classic.

I thought it was kind of the tagger(s) to leave most of the letters visible.

 

[Ward8]

That is among the laziest, ugliest most arrogant and ostentatious tagging I've ever seen. I'm not really all that anti tagging either. It usually rings as patina or white noise to me, and only bothers me when it's over other street art. But that stretch of tags is a self aggrandizing monument of contempt to anyone who enjoys street art, art, or might happen to want to look at something aesthetically pleasing one day.

 

[bedoozled]

In last week's episode of the TV show "What We Do In The Shadows (which is filmed in Toronto winter) that exact section of the Railpath was featured prominently. The scene was supposed to depict a rundown, derelict and abandoned area at night, so that segment of the Railpath was ready for its closeup...

 

[Towered]

In last week's episode of the TV show "What We Do In The Shadows (which is filmed in Toronto winter) that exact section of the Railpath was featured prominently. The scene was supposed to depict a rundown, derelict and abandoned area at night, so that segment of the Railpath was ready for its closeup...

Shabby Toronto always delivers!

 

[Johnny Au]

Who knows if the television studio intentionally created the graffiti?

 

[lowtrain]

That is among the laziest, ugliest most arrogant and ostentatious tagging I've ever seen. I'm not really all that anti tagging either. It usually rings as patina or white noise to me, and only bothers me when it's over other street art. But that stretch of tags is a self aggrandizing monument of contempt to anyone who enjoys street art, art, or might happen to want to look at something aesthetically pleasing one day.

Rail corridors usually don’t attract high quality graffiti art and proximity of a lot of community housing near there doesn’t help either.