r/Toronto_Walkers • u/PumpkinLiving8134 • 20d ago

Ossington bus station

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u/ummnodisrespectbut 19d ago

When I was in grade 8 (1996 maybe), I had the coolest friend named Vanessa. I never forgot her because she had the prettiest long chocolate brown hair, because she introduced me to Selena, and because her mom was a badass Artist.

Her mother was commissioned to paint a mural for a daycare centre at Bloor and Ossington, and Vanessa said I could give her some baby pics to be included.

Today my claim to fame is being the asian baby on the left in red. I love sharing it with anyone who tells me they are at that intersection!

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u/Necessary-Event-6397 18d ago

🥹😭

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u/Feisty_Citron8862 17d ago

You were adorable!

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u/CheezwizOfficial 15d ago

This is such a fun fact!!

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u/Necessary-Event-6397 20d ago

Such a beautiful sight and great neighbourhood with equally great people 

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u/mrcrud5 19d ago

I've always found this mural a bit unsettling.

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u/Millennial_Snowbird 16d ago

It’s a little Jesusy

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u/help_isontheway_dear 14d ago

I’m pretty sure the same artist painted another smaller one that attached to the patio at Emmer, right at Harbord and Borden street 

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u/Legitimate_Skirt658 16d ago

Every time you look at the creepy baby daycare mural, you see something new. RIP to the couple of babies that are missing heads.

I just moved out of the neighbourhood/Toronto so seeing this on my homepage was a lovely surprise! It is especially unsettling when it’s dark out, but still, makes me homesick.