[PHOTO] Fourteen photos of the laneway murals of Harbord Village

One special highlight Jane's Walk tour of the eastern side of Harbord Village was the abundance of street art--often bright in colour, sometimes quite ingenious, never unattractive--on the garages and walls of the back alleys of the neighbourhood.

David French Lane, named after the late Canadian playwright, had its fair share.







Croft Street is particularly rich in this density.

[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

• blogTO looks at eleven recent Toronto-themed books, from fiction to children's literature.


• Centauri Dreams considers the idea of using waste heat to detect extraterrestrial civilizations.


• Far Outliers reports on how German East Africa substituted for foreign imports during the blockade of the First World War.


• Marginal Revolution suggests that the fall of Rome may have been due to the failure to reconquer North Africa.


• The NYRB Daily looks at the exuberant art of Jazz Age Florence Stettheimer.


• The Planetary Society Blog shares a stunning portrait of Jupiter from the New Horizons probe.


• Window on Eurasia considers the idea of containment in the post-Cold War world.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell looks at the British election.