like any other big metropolitan cities, toronto has its share of places where graffiti art abounds. this one is from a building in one of the side streets in chinatown. i'm not sure if it still in place these days, but there was a time when the city permitted 'street artists' to paint murals around the city in order to curb graffiti paintings which were mostly done to deface properties. i suppose that they got paid but of course overtime a new crop of graffiti artists have taken over and the problem started again.
that said, though, toronto has a lot of very talented artists, be it painters, musicians, actors, writers, photographers, who deserve recognition but at the same time it is a cut-throat industry and quite often there is only one room at the top. of course some get lucky and hopefully they put their success to good use.
Nice capture for the half&half. Sacramento sets aside a wall every year for wall art. It has become an event. The have a map of all the mural art in and around Sacramento.
