In the summer of 2000, then-Mayor Mel Lastman asked sculptor/painter Charles Pachter to design 326 moose sculptures. He did. With coupons for paint and a long list of sponsors, the naked moose were painted up by TORONTO artists and distributed around the city (map above). Some were awful; many were beautiful; a few still exist. PHOTOS: Sherbourne Street (SimonP), Old City Hall, CN Tower mountie (MKuhn), New City Hall pool (Boldts.net)
<And here’s a real moose – photographed crossing a northern Ontario road – by Bryan Blenkin/Alan Rowe>