This cool mural running alongside the Toronto Reference Library begins at Yonge Street, where it very clearly announces Sherlock Holmes Walk.

However, having had entered from an alley, it’s presented how I saw it, backwards.

Various artists worked on this terrific mural, which is coated in a weather proof clear plastic/acrylic. It also makes tagging cleanable.

Unfortunately, it’s like shooting in a mirror, as you can see from the cement tile walk, car, buildings, windows, etc. in the shot. Holmes’ head, above these, is actually a close up where my body blocked all light. Find it in the second slide?

I did what I could to minimize the reflections: shooting on a very cloudy day, closing the aperture amap, shooting on angles and mini touch ups in post.

This is one of my 2 faves. It’s actually a lighter sepia, but without closing the aperture, it was also a lovely shot of the library’s windows and denizens.

My other Fave

Stunning in real life. As you can see, like shooting in a mirror. Yet, in real life, you don’t notice all the reflecting.

There were 2 more paintings by Poser and Old Hues, but they are very dark, and I just was not able to capture them decently.

Pics taken by Resa – November 24, 2025

Toronto, Canada

The artists names are under the pics

AND

A shout out to MISTY the cat, whose name is an “ER” short of MYSTERY. Her human, Dave Astor on Literature writes “Short essays about novels and other fictional works”.

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