I was happy to be contacted by Howard Spinner President of Monarch Mattress Mfg. Co. at 1519 Wyandotte Street East for a sketch of his building.
July 19th, 2010
Old Deloitte & Touche block
Katnandu is
part of the building in another sketch from the weekend spent drawing during the Walkerville Art Walk & Rock. As I was drawing this building a couple watched and the gentleman noted that he used to work in that building, for thirty years in fact. Wow. I found out from him that this building was the location of Deloitte and Touche. The firm is presently located in a big modern box building at Ouellette Place. The building block I drew here is also home to other businesses and a Christian center upstairs.
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July 17th, 2010
Walkerville Art Walk & Rock
A great day one of two at the 8th Annual Walkerville Art Walk & Rock
41 businesses are taking part in this event. Early in the day I took photos of those locations (those 42 businesses) and then headed for Refine Fitness where, at the invitation of owner Mike Bates (with a big hat-tip to Tracy at Katnandu), I was posted as the artist in the window – literally.
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July 1st, 2010
Walker Power (Peabody) Building
I have walked the dog, formerly the dogs, around this building for years. It’s one of those industrial gems – still a beauty even when past its declining years.
It, like me, has had many lives. It may be slated for the wrecking ball – which I hope will not be the case for me any time soon.
This is the old Walker Power Building, also known as the Peabody Building. I know I’ve seen more info on it somewhere on the great International Metropolis blog but can’t locate the info just now. You can look it up.
Ten years ago when we first moved into the neighbourhood it housed a rock band or at least a drummer or two, a bike shop, some artists of various kinds and other creative sorts. Wish I had found a reason to go inside. At least I drew the outside in time. {thrive!}