Graffiti Alley

This guide to Graffiti Alley in Toronto opens with property owners fined for artwork they never asked to have removed, and the local artist collective Style in Progress that fought back by staging legal graffiti jams here. You'll hear how Toronto City Council responded on July 12, 2011, and the city program born from that decision, plus how the laneway ended up as a backdrop for Rick Mercer's TV rants. Look for the work of Uber5000, one of the crews who kept painting here long before it was sanctioned.