Forming a part of CONTACT festival's month-long public exhibitions for 2009, photographer Louie Palu is offering a graffiti walking tour in the Queen West Area and Ace Lane area of Toronto.
Louie Palu – War Zone Graffiti
Guerilla Postering Walking Tour
There are almost 200 posters up around the Queen West area; on walls, on dumpsters, on the ground, on poles and in many other locations throughout the streets.
Start your tour on Rush Lane, it runs parallel to Queen West, south of Queen beginning at Spadina Ave. Walk down Rush Lane until you hit Portland Street, go south to Richmond Street West, go west on Richmond until you hit Perry Lane going north/west before Bathurst Street. Follow Perry Lane north/west towards Bathurst Street. Cross Bathurst Street (safely) and continue west along Perry Lane until you hit Niagara Street. There are some posters in the lane way just to the left going west, it is a dead end.
From here you should go north across Queen Street, walk to the sidewalk on the north side; go west on Queen St until you almost pass the entire length of Trinity Bellwoods Park. Behind the fence against the wall at the furthest west side of the park that intersects Queen there are some posters, move north through the park until you hit Logie Place.
Go west along Logie place until Shaw Street, then go south back to Queen St, walk along Queen until you hit Ossington Avenue, where on the west side there are several posters hung over a lane way. Walk north a bit on Ossington and go west through the first parking lot until you hit a lane way and walk west until you reach an alley there are several posters here. This is the furthest west you will find the posters.
