At the corner of Bathurst and College streets, a large mallard duck towers over me.
His bulbous body stands on two stick-thin orange legs. His long yellow beak points at my head, my recorder hovering between his mandibles. From the back of his throat, two human eyes look back at me, barely visible behind black mesh.
Lewis Mallard’s painted concrete barrier at the intersection of Bathurst Street and College Street.
The exterior of Bloordale Beach, set-up by Shari Kasman.
The LEGO tower created by Martin Reis outside of Sam James coffee bar on Harbord Street.
Jode Roberts standing in front of an Earth sign.
Lewis Mallard says he chose barriers to paint because he wanted something “playful to interact with — ignored parts of the city. Things that I saw as underutilized.” He got compliments from a TTC streetcar driver and a free coffee from a passerby as he worked.