VirtualGlobetrotting: Safari #37: Murals: Maps

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"Aquarius" by Jean-Marie Pierret
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In 1991 the owners of the power plant decided to improve the public perception of the Cruas station by ordering an ecologically-themed mural for one of the cooling towers. The commission went to Jean-Marie Pierret, whose previous work includes the enormous painting of Hercules on the face of the Tignes dam. Pierret enlisted 9 mountaineers who expended 8,000 working hours and 4,000 liters of paint before the mural – titled “Aquarius” – was finished in 2005.

'Hopscotch Bridge' by Deirdre Saunders
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1997

Paratrooper John Steele on Sainte-Mère-Église church mural
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Private John M. Steele (1912-1969) was the American paratrooper made famous in the movie, The Longest Day who landed in Sainte-Mère-Église, the first village in Normandy liberated by the Americans on D-Day, June 6, 1944. John Steele born November 29, 1912; his Social Security card was issued in Illinois.

"Gordon's Dairy, ca 1940" Mural by John Kuna
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Painted on the front of the Islington Seniors' Centre at 4968 Dundas, this 11' x 24' mural depicts
Gordon's Dairy, a local landmark once located on that site.
The original building had a yellow-tile front and a lunch counter and dairy bar inside.
In the 1940s the dairy was a popular hang-out for area youth, and their horse-drawn milk wagons
were a familiar sight on Islington streets.

Tom & Jerry mural
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Larry Fine mural

Mural

Duke Ellington Mural
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington

The Simpsons mural

Alex "Hurricane" Higgins Mural
Alexander Gordon Higgins (born 18 March 1949 in Belfast), best known as Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, is a retired professional snooker (british billard game) player from Northern Ireland, who was twice World Champion and runner-up on two occasions.

Hercules mural on Tignes Dam
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Done by Jean-Marie Pierret
Looks to not be holding up well

"Briarly - Gone but not Forgotten" by John Kuna
Painted in Post Impressionist style, this mural is 22' x 60' feet and faces
Turner and Porter's Butler Chapel at 4937 Dundas.
It depicts the property known a Briarly, home to the Montgomery family from 1870 to 1989
when it was demolished by developers; but, rather than become a theme of mourning and end,
the mural was conceived as an image of endurance and renewal, conveying a sense of comfort,
peace, home and family.
Briarly was built in the 1840s.
It was originally a frame Regency style cottage built on the south side of Dundas,
just east of T. Montgomery's Inn.
In the 1850's it was greatly altered to have an Italianate appearance.
Although the heritage community lobbied to have the home (also known as the Gunn house)
from maintained and restored, Etobicoke Council defeated a motion 7 to 6.
Briarly was subsequently demolished. Town houses now occupy the site at 4681 Dundas.

Loyalist Sandy Row Mural

Ulster Scots mural

Patriotic mural

Wall mural

"Portraits from our Past" mural by Sara Collard
This mural was inspired by old area photos, Manitoba artist Sarah Collard has created a gallery effect
on the 19' x 32' wall at 4884 Dundas Street West.
The mural is actually four separate works, each depicting a "slice of life" from our village's past.

"Islington - The way we were, Part II" by John Kuna
Like bookends, they flank a little plaza and together form a unique historical diorama with the first mural looking east and this one looking west along Dundas Street.
In keeping with the "Window to the Past" theme, mural 3 shows the old Islington Hotel
and drive shed as well as neighbouring shops then located on
the north side of Dundas Street at Burnhamthorpe Road.

"Timeline: Islington Then and Now" by John Kuna
The left side of the mural shows Dunn's Store as it looked in the 1880s.
It was located at 4850 Dundas Street (now the Second Cup) and, at that time,
flowering catalpa trees bordered the south side of the street from Mimico Creek to Cordova.
The cars in the central portion of the mural are from the 1950s.
The right side of the mural shows Islington today
and depicts the shops in the block were the mural is located.

Fish mural

"Mimico Creek, ca 1920" Mural by John Kuna
Mimico Creek was a key factor in attracting settlers to the Islington area, as was Dundas Street itself. Islington Avenue did not extend south of Dundas until around 1962. Before that time, and before the Shell station was built on the north side of Dundas at Islington, artists gathered on the steps of
T. Montgomery's Inn to paint the glorious fall colours.
In this 17' x 55' mural we see Mimico Creek ca. 1920, winding through the valley,
framed by sumac, spruce and pine, with the house then below Montgomery's Inn shown at right.

'The Roots of Berthoud'

"Riding the Radials" by John Kuna
The mural is set in the 1920's and depicts the old Guelph Radial Line
that ran behind this site linking Islington to communities from Lambton Mills
to Guelph during the years 1917 to 1931.

"The way we Were, Islington ca 1900" by John Kuna
By Scarborough artist, John Kuna, it is 20' x 40' and shows
Dundas Street as it appeared ca 1900.
Designed as a "window to the past" – one that can be measured against the reality of the present which surrounds it – the image includes Hopkins' store, once located at
4906 Dundas, the Wesleyan Methodist Church which was across the street
and the little bridge that spanned Mimico Creek.

Tribute to Sherman Rose & the Tuskegee Airmen Mural
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"First High Flier!" by John Kuna
The mural is located at 4994 Dundas, this 16' x 50' mural illustrates the following story:
"In May of 1944 an eighteen-year-old E.C.I. (then Etobicoke High School) student named Harold G. Shipp convinced a pilot, who ferried Lancaster bombers from Toronto to England during the war, to fly over the school's football field and drop hundreds of leaflets a few of which could be traded for a ticket to the school dance.
The concept was brillant but it went awry when a wind came up scattering the leaflets across
the Chinese market gardens near T. Montgomery's Inn.

'Outside Inside Out' by Matthew McCarthy and Andrew Trevillian
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2005
actually, perforated aluminum

"Support our troops"

Marilyn Monroe Mural

The Beatles mural

"Niagara" by Eric Grohe

Mural Rimini
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Security gate mural
One of many done by Franco Gaskin aka "Franco the Great" along 125th street

King William III mural

Robert Dougan mural

Marilyn Monroe Mural
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Mural Rimini
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This mural is dedicated to Federico Fellini.

Mural
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Welcome mural

Series of Murals

John Hanna mural

Mural Saludecio

9/11 Tribute mural

Mural
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Mural by OS Gemeos

Black Taxi Drivers mural

Crocodile mural

"Old Glory" mural

Northern Ireland World Cup Mural

Mural by Eduardo kobra

San Francisco Giants mural

Statue of Liberty Mural

Couple small Obama murals

Helter Skelter Mural
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Small patriotic mural

Mural by Os Gemeos

9-11 tribute mural
"Lest we Forget"

UFF mural