David Wu

Staring at computer screens for 10 to 12 hours per day, I would rather be out bicycling, or in a jazz club.

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Ossington Laneway: Mural on garage door suggests speeding roadway, when vehicles have to pause before entering. Presumably entry to private underground parking and/or loading zone for shoe store that opened in 2014. (Ossington Laneway, Queen Street West, Toronto) 20201114

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Southern of two arches in #GarrisonCrossingBridge, linking Fort York Park northward towards Stanley Park. Rail tracks branch westward, landscaping around northern arch to Wellington Street is less complete, official opening was October 2019. (Garrison Crossing, Toronto)

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Water flowing westward into Keating Channel may eventually see promenade on the north edge. Renaturalizing the Don River will create Villiers Island with a flood plain on the south side. Construction is underway nearby. (Keating Channel, Toronto Harbour) 20200916

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Fifteen foot sculpture #RyanLongo @metal_in_nature (2020) The Light Within amidst Sunflower Garden #mylakeviewvillage. Solar-powered lights should pulse, not evident in bright Saturday sun. (The Light Within, Sunflower Garden, Hydro Road, Mississauga, Ontario) 20200912

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Sculpture @hadleyhowes #maxwellstephens 2016 "Garden of Future Follies" brings ornamentation from high places, down to street level. Decadence is now streetscape that pedestrians don't think about. (Front Street Promenade at Bayview Avenue, Corktown, Toronto, Ontario) 20200911

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School buses still parked, before school term starts. News reports says many drivers are elderly, and declining to return to work. Classes scheduled an extra week later, yet confusion is likely to continue. (Clairlea - Birchmount, Fairfax Crescent, Scarborough, Ontario) 20200905

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New 2019 location for Becca's H by Robert Murray, first installed in 1973 for 100th anniversary of Faculty of Education. Grass looks a little rough, summer groundskeeping must have been interrupted by the pandemic. (Galbraith Building, St. George Street, University of Toronto)

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Florence Moosingale, by #KellyBorgers, still endures decades after the Moose in the City project, of 326 life-sized statues in the year 2000. In the Great White North during the pandemic, even the moose wear masks. (Moore Avenue East, at Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario) 20200820