[PHOTO] Mourning Jack Layton, 25 August 2011

[rfmcdonald]

Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock I ventured down to Toronto City Hall to take a look at the impromptu memorial to former Toronto city councillor and (until his death) federal New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton. Earlier rain had washed away the chalk that covered the plaza, but the northeastern quadrant was again filled.



These women spent a while looking at the different chalked messages.







Note the prevalence of orange, the NDP colour, and the opened cans of Orange Crush pop including the one in front of the portrait in the foreground.