Castle Frank Rd. #29 - Weathered Finish
Small sculptures. Hand-finished in Toronto, one at a time.
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A miniature replica of the historic Toronto acorn street sign at 29 Castle Frank Road, in South Rosedale near the Bloor Street Viaduct. The original Rosco-manufactured signs of this type were a fixture of Toronto streets through much of the 20th century. Hand-finished with a heavily rusted white background and black frame; the surface has the quality of a sign that has genuinely weathered in place. Mechanically solid, carefully finished, one of a kind.
Castle Frank Road
Castle Frank Road is named after Castle Frank, a fanciful summer house built in the 1790s by Elizabeth Simcoe and named for her son, Frank, overlooking the Don Valley. Although the original structure quickly fell into ruin, its name endured and became attached to the surrounding ravine and roadway.
The road later developed as a scenic residential route along the edge of the Castle Frank Brook ravine, preserving a direct link between modern Toronto and one of the city’s earliest colonial landmarks.