Heart of Ambleside — Tyler Toews, West Vancouver
Heart of Ambleside
Tyler Toews · Clyde Avenue at 15th Street, Ambleside · West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Photo from Street Art Utopia’s archive, uploaded on 8 October 2021; photographer and capture date unrecorded. Artwork: Tyler Toews. Full photograph shown.
Above a parking lot at 15th and Clyde, a red heart, the Lions Gate Bridge, clouds and waves seem to burst out of the wall. Tyler Toews’s 3D mural, finished in September 2021 according to the local business association, was one of the first murals it commissioned, and is named for the corner people call the heart of Ambleside. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News Checked
5 things to know
- Named for its cornerThe business association says the title refers to the site, “widely considered to be the heart of Ambleside”; its director told the North Shore News the same of 15th Street. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News Checked
- One of the first threeThe Ambleside & Dundarave Business Improvement Association commissioned it among its first three murals, with a Frida Kahlo on 14th Street and the Odeon cinema at 1583 Marine Drive. North Shore News · Ambleside & Dundarave BIA Checked
- West Vancouver in one wallIt shows the Lions Gate Bridge, the Centennial Seawalk and seaside villages; the North Shore News describes the bridge passing through a three-dimensional heart. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News Checked
- Why murals“It’s a way for us to bring people into our business community that normally wouldn’t,” association director Maureen O’Brien told the North Shore News. North Shore News Reported
- Now on the art walkThe West Vancouver Memorial Library’s art walk map lists it as stop 9, next to Toews’s later Ambleside Mermaid at stop 10. West Vancouver Memorial Library · Ambleside & Dundarave BIA Checked
Check-in guide
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- Clyde Avenue at 15th Street, Ambleside, West Vancouver; the wall faces a parking lot. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News Checked
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- Stop 9 on the West Vancouver library’s First Thursdays art walk map of Ambleside and Dundarave. West Vancouver Memorial Library Reported
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- We found no dated photograph after 2021; the newest record is the library map, uploaded in April 2024. Unconfirmed
Sightings
Amber stamps are listings, not photographs: the business association’s completion date (month only) and the month the library uploaded its map. The North Shore News report is undated on its page. We found no later dated photograph, so the status reads “Seen Apr 2024”.
On the record
The first three
“These were the first three that we commissioned and the feedback we’ve had has been so amazing.”
Maureen O’Brien of the Ambleside & Dundarave Business Improvement Association.
One of the first
“The “Heart of Ambleside” by Tyler Toews was completed in 2021 and was one of the first murals completed in Ambleside.”
The association’s entry for the mural.
The facts
- Title
- Heart of Ambleside. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · West Vancouver Memorial Library Checked
- Artist
- Tyler Toews. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News · West Vancouver Memorial Library Checked
- Location
- Clyde Avenue at 15th Street, Ambleside, West Vancouver. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News Checked
- Completed
- September 2021. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA Reported
- Commissioner
- Ambleside & Dundarave Business Improvement Association, among its first three murals. North Shore News · Ambleside & Dundarave BIA Checked
- Image
- The Lions Gate Bridge through a 3D heart, with waves, the Centennial Seawalk and seaside villages. Ambleside & Dundarave BIA · North Shore News Checked
- Status
- Seen Apr 2024: listed as stop 9 on the library’s art walk map (PDF dated 23 April 2024). West Vancouver Memorial Library Reported A dated photo showing it still there: Unconfirmed
- Photograph
- Street Art Utopia archive image uploaded on 8 October 2021, photographer and capture date not recorded. Unconfirmed
Related
- Canada Made Me Look Twice (12 Photos): the SAU collection that includes this mural.
- Heart of Ambleside: SAU’s 2021 post on the mural.
- Kicking Up Dust by Sonny Behan: another Canadian mural with its own Artwork File.
All sources (3)
Commissioner and press
- Ambleside & Dundarave BIA: Murals, the commissioner’s mural map. Title, artist, September 2021, Clyde at 15th, the meaning of the name and what it shows.
- North Shore News: Massive murals dazzle in West Vancouver, undated on the page. The first three BIA murals, the 3D heart and Maureen O’Brien’s quotes.
Listings
- West Vancouver Memorial Library: First Thursdays art walk map (PDF), file uploaded April 2024. Stop 9, “Heart of Ambleside – Tyler Toews”.
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