Street Studies

Street Study: Dupont Street

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 ::: 1 Comment

Today in Street Study, we take a look at the illegal billboards along Dupont Street, Toronto’s finest industrial road. We’ll begin at Avenue Road and Davenport where Astral Media is operating this illegal fascia sign at 149 Dupont Street:

A mural permit was issued but later revoked at this location. The sign requires multiple variances for [...]

Street Study: Peter Street

Monday, October 29th, 2007 ::: 1 Comment

Today we look at Peter Street, a small downtown street that runs from Queen to Wellington.
At 375 Queen Street West, facing south and targeting northbound Peter Street traffic and also visible from Richmond, is an Astral Media fascia sign on a 1997 Mediacom mural permit:

If there is a window behind there, please let us know. [...]

Street Study: Church Street. Part One: The Esplanade to Dundas

Friday, May 25th, 2007 ::: 3 Comments

Welcome back to Street Studies, where we walk down a particular street in the City and examine the illegal signs on the roadside. Church is a den of illegal wall signs and it boasts three examples of billboard permit fraud where we have been able to get an improperly issued billboard permit revoked.
76 Church - [...]

Street Study: The Avenue Road Protected Area

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 ::: 1 Comment

In today’s Street Study we take a look at Avenue Road, north of Davenport Road, south of Mc Master Ave.
This particular section of Avenue Road is subject to a restrictive provision of the signs by-law, passed in 1995, that prohibited all third-party signs. Three illegal third party signs have been erected in this area. We [...]

Street Study: Vicinity of City Hall - Part Two (of Three)

Friday, March 9th, 2007 ::: No Comments

Today, we continue to take a look at illegal signs within the vicinity of City Hall. First, read Vicinity of City Hall - Part One if you haven’t already.
443 University Ave, at Dundas - Illegal Titan Fascia

Titan Outdoor is operating this illegal 65 square metre vinyl fascia sign on the easterly elevation of 443 University, [...]