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85 Princess Street
Location Map
This image shows the entire mural site including Kenneth Lavalee's 2015 enhancement and extension of the space. Photo 2 shows the 2014 South wall collaboration and Photo 3 shows the initial Kenneth Lavalee 2013 East wall.
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Location: NE corner Princess & McDermot; parking lot visible from McDermot (South Face)
Occupant: deer + almond
District: City Centre
Neighbourhood: Exchange District
Artist(s): Kenneth Lavallee, Dany Reede, Takashi Iwasaki, Natalie Baird (all unsigned)
Year: 2014
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Note: This website uses the address of the building on which it appears as its physical location identifier. The site of the original Mural wall in 2013
is the east wall of 85 Princess. It is important to acknowledge that Mural expansion in 2014 involved the south wall of 87 Princess, the Atalier Building,
aka Hemisphere Building, which is pending designation as a Historical site.
Kenneth Lavallee: "The
Murals you see in the
deer+almond parking lot are
a result of a collaboration of
myself, and Chef/good
friend Mandel Hitzer. Since
2013, we have partnered up
and celebrated Nuit Blanche
with a block party consisting
of live Mural painting and
live bands on the roof of the
restaurant, among other fun
things. For the inaugural
Nuit Blance in 2013 I had
asked to paint
deer+almond's east parking
lot wall, as it was nothing
more than a bland
cinderblock wall. Mandel
was enthused and I (with
volunteer help) painted
what I refer to as the Solar
System Mural. The event
was a success and we
followed it in 2014 with a
collaboration of 4 artists
(myself, Takashi Iwasaki,
Dany Reede and Natalie
Baird) which you see on the
bottom level of the south
facing Hemisphere Building
wall. This past Nuit Blanche
I opted to design and paint
the Mural myself, in a style
more fitting with the
original Mural, and I
continued painting one level
higher, the wavy colour
bands that now adorn the
building. Maybe next year
we will keep working our
way up? Who knows! It's
been a blast every year and
I wouldn't want to stop."
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