Yonge Street's flag, as designed by television researcher Brendan Hennessy, features a golden Y "for the street's name and the colour of the subway line," the designer writes on his website. "Blue and white represent its role as Toronto's main street and represents its extension into the rest of Ontario."
Hennessy told Metro News he's been fascinated by flags since he was a child and began designing neighbourhood-centric flags after moving to Toronto from Ottawa four years ago. He realized each neighbourhood had its own charm and history.
"Toronto is pretty unique in terms of how diverse its neighbourhoods are," he told the paper. "There so are many of them, and they’re on a micro level. Like you walk a few blocks and you’re in an entirely different part of town."
The first of his 13 designs were revealed in Spacing magazine in December, but his collection has grown to 22 and counting. He's listened to feedback, including the flak he's gotten for unintentionally neglecting the East end, and is trying to make each of his flags better incorporate multicultural elements of the city's history. Many of his designs include aspects of nearby subway platforms, grid lines, traditional flags, as well as notable imagery such as the Davenport family's coat of arms.
Among his collection, Hennessy has designed flags for Lake Shore Boulevard, "A stylized sailboat above three stripes representing the sky, the lake, and College Street, "A golden sun, taken from the street signs along College Street. The colours come from the Italian flag, with a yellow stripe added to represent a warm sunny day on a College St patio."
He told Metro he plans to finish the series eventually.
All of Hennessy's flag designs can be found on his
website.
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Original source: Metro News