Unintended Abstracts, Kensinton Market Area, Toronto

Abstracts are generally intended to be just that. Interestingly, unplanned assemblies of concrete things can result in unintended abstract pieces that are often simply passed by but which can be visually interesting on reflection. Here are four as found in the Kensington Market area of Toronto.

The first is the Hot Box Cafe, with the much more interesting sign over the main window, "Roach-O-Rama". Read the rest for yourself.

The second and third are, respectively, a sign and an isolated detail of some graffiti on that sign. This is beside the entrance to a small back-street fast food place in the Kensington Market area of Toronto.

The fourth image is of the Perola Supermarket. Even the curbside garbage contributes to the patterns.

More Graffiti In Kensington Market

Some more images of graffiti found in various lanes and alleys in the Kensington Market district of Toronto, Ontario.

Urban Art - Intentional or Otherwise

The title says it all.

The first image is a wall in an alley off Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto.

The second image s a fountain in the the park along Dennison Square (Kensington Market area) in Toronto. You may want to be a bit careful with a camera in this park after dusk. People hanging out there get a tad nervous about records of their activities it seems.

The next three are graffiti on walls in alleys and lanes in the Kensington Market area of Toronto.

More Patterns and Textures

The first image is of the North Tonawanda (New York) Musical Instrument Works "Military Band" organ (a Wurlitzer) at the Balls Falls Thanksgiving Festival (Canadian Thanksgiving that is - much earlier than our American friends).

The second image is of a garage-style door on a plant, fruit and vegetable store in Kensington Market, Toronto.

The third image is of a painted cable reel outdoor table set on end for the season outside a coffee shop in the Kensington Market area of Toronto.

The fourth image is of a section of the neon signs above the Zanzibar Tavern on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto.