{"id":5858,"date":"2009-08-04T16:39:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T20:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=5858"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:43:37","slug":"seniors-redue-christie-gardens-murals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/08\/04\/seniors-redue-christie-gardens-murals\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors redo Christie Gardens murals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5859\" title=\"img_2490\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/08\/img_2490-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"img_2490\" width=\"499\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New murals are going up on Christie Street&#8217;s retaining walls just north of Dupont.\u00a0 While the sunflowers and pastoral scenes emerging on the newly reconstructed concrete walls don&#8217;t seem particularly unusual or edgy, the painters behind them certainly are.<\/p>\n<p>Comprised mostly of seniors living in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiegardens.org\/\">Christie Gardens<\/a>, the team is led by Barbara Bunting, an 89-year-old retired North Toronto art teacher who similarly spearheaded painting efforts four years ago when the first murals were completed.\u00a0\u00a0 With the construction around the rail bridge and retaining walls which led to the removal of their earlier murals finished, Barbara and her team of volunteers can now be seen on most days busy replacing their lost work with new brightly coloured murals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5860\" title=\"img_2494\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/08\/img_2494-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"img_2494\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Barbara&#8217;s murals aren&#8217;t the only examples of wall art in Christie Gardens.\u00a0 Along the rail corridor in Geary Park are plenty of other carefully painted works done by other members of the local community.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Jake Schabas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New murals are going up on Christie Street&#8217;s retaining walls just north of Dupont.\u00a0 While the sunflowers and pastoral scenes emerging on the newly reconstructed concrete walls don&#8217;t seem particularly unusual or edgy, the painters behind them certainly are. 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