Last month I wrote a post introducing the One Delisle video series. Well, in case you missed it, the next two episodes in the series are now out, which you can watch over here. My personal favorite (so far) is episode two. It's about city building at Yonge & St. Clair and a goal that Slate set for itself to do "one cool thing each year." That thing has ranged from murals to streetscape improvements, and has included work from artists such as birdO (aka Jerry Rugg). If you aren't familiar with his work, have a look over here.

This blog has been a little too serious as of late. So here's something fun. Last week, Toronto street artist birdO, StreetARToronto, and Slate Asset Management unveiled the new 10-storey mural that I wrote about last month. The large-format art piece is part of the City of Toronto's StreetARToronto Monumental Program and our (Slate's) ongoing effort to do things that are great and remarkable at Yonge and St. Clair. Below are some photos of the mural by Riley Snelling. I love how these turned out (birdO in his bird mask, of course, helps make them).

For the full press release, click here.

Photos: Riley Snelling

A new mural is underway at Yonge + St. Clair by the Toronto-based street artist birdO (aka Jerry Rugg). He started over the weekend and should be finished by next week, depending on the weather. Here is what it looks like so far:

If you'd like to take a look in person, head on over to 1 St. Clair Avenue East. It's the building at the southeast corner of the intersection. And if you'd like to learn more about birdO, here's a short film about some of his work in Detroit. It's really well done.

If you can't see the video above, click here.