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Osgoode News captures a distinctly Toronto street scene from an era when colourful newspaper boxes were part of everyday downtown life. In this detailed illustration, David Crighton brings together boxes from the Toronto Sun, Financial Post, NOW, The Globe and Mail, Real Estate News, and Toronto Star against the ornate cast-iron fence of Osgoode Hall. Behind them rise the hall’s historic façade and the unmistakable curved towers of Toronto’s New City Hall, creating a layered portrait of the city’s press, legal, and civic worlds.
Whether you remember stopping to pick up the day’s paper, have a connection to Toronto’s legal community, or simply appreciate the city’s changing streetscape, this artwork preserves a colourful piece of 1990s Toronto that has largely disappeared.
Year Created: 1994
Location: Queen Street West at University Avenue, Toronto.
Artist Notes: Long before the internet changed how we received our news, newspaper boxes were everywhere in Toronto. I always appreciated their bright colours and the way they brought life to the streetscape. Osgoode Hall was a natural backdrop for the piece. I have also had the privilege of serving on jury duty twice in Toronto—the second time as foreman. Very interesting days indeed.
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Colourful 1990s Toronto newspaper boxes
Toronto Sun, Financial Post, NOW, The Globe and Mail, Real Estate News, and Toronto Star
Osgoode Hall’s ornate 1867 cast-iron fence
Historic Osgoode Hall architecture and legal setting
Toronto’s modernist New City Hall towers in the background
A nostalgic glimpse of Toronto’s former newspaper-box culture
Layered composition connecting the city’s press, legal, and civic identity
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