don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement
don valley parkway rainbow bridge engagement

DANA + MATTHEW

The first time the rainbow mysteriously appeared on a tunnel visible from the Don Valley Parkway, the North York parks department painted over it.

But the guerrilla mural artist — known as “the Caretaker of Dreams” — persevered, eventually winning them over.

Now, 40 years later, the city has officially restored the psychedelic mural that has brought smiles to countless grim commutes — just as the artist intended.

The origins of the mural have become local legend featuring dawn run-ins with police officers and a terrible fall. Read more.