Street as a Storyteller
A STEPS PROJECT
This PATCH Construction Hoarding Exhibit by Suharu Ogawa in collaboration with Lamb Development Corp and STEPS Public Art is inspired by the varied and colourful stories that the busy Baldwin Village neighbourhood has to tell.
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Location: 193 McCaul St, Toronto, ON M5T 1W5
Artist: Suharu Ogawa
Year: 2022
Photographer/Videographer: Mila Bright Zlatanovic
Services: PATCH Construction Hoarding Exhibits
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ABOUT THIS HOARDING EXHIBIT
Created in Suharu Ogawa’s distinctive illustrative style, the artwork on the hoarding exhibit is a zestful, lively interpretation of a bustling street with the cityscape of Lamb’s The Bread Company development building structure at the centre. The artist wanted people walking alongside the panels to see themselves reflected in the figures and stories on the canvas.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Suharu Ogawa
Lead Artist
Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based educator and illustrator originally from Japan. Formally trained in art history and cultural anthropology, she worked for several years as a university librarian until her passion for illustration called her out of that career and into the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Since then, Suharu has done various work of magazines, children’s books, public art projects and more.
ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT
The Bread Company is a namesake to the beloved Silverstein’s Bakery that operated at this location for nearly 100 years. The building is a spectacular modern mid-rise by architect Alliance’s Peter Clewes. It offers a world-class standard of living to the community of medical and educational professionals and students in the area.
PROJECT PARTNER
Lamb Development Corp. (LDC) was founded in 2001 by Toronto’s top condominium broker Brad J. Lamb to directly participate in the development of stylish, urban condominium projects and has become one of the country’s busiest development companies, with each project pioneering up-and-coming locations and delivering a stylish, urban solution to each property. Completed projects in Toronto are some of the hippest, most contemporary buildings in the city. Lamb Development Corp specializes in urban projects offering high design and spectacular architecture.
PATCH (Public Art Through Construction Hoarding) Exhibits are the industry gold standard for connecting developers, builders and marketing firms with artists to help you meet public art requirements for your construction site. STEPS’ superior project management skills make this turnkey process easy for you by curating a shortlist of artists, facilitating city approval of exhibit plans, producing the exhibit, as well as, amplifying your city-building story through documenting and promoting the exhibit.
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