Wellington & Church, Toronto

Thank you very much, Keith. Jeff's raccoon is one of several he's painted on traffic signal boxes in Toronto. Among other animals. The city got tired of the boxes being vandalized so they commissioned artists to paint them. And, unusually for a brilliant idea the City of Toronto has, it worked. People don't tag the boxes any more, and the city has a wide range of works of art sitting at intersections all over the city.

I agree.............a sensible decision - a lot of towns and cities have done the same over here. At least the quality of the art work can be assured.

Here are a couple of examples from Brighton:

www.ipernity.com/doc/keithburton/19858253/in/album/385235
www.ipernity.com/doc/keithburton/19858459/in/album/385235

Come to think of it, Keith, the main phone company here has been doing this with its switch boxes for several years longer than the city. The city has taken the idea and run with it, though. It subsidizes underpass murals, paintings on concrete barriers, and on and on. It's good to see this is being done in many places. A quick way to make the urban experience pleasanter.