Graffiti Alley

November 14, 2026

There’s a wall on this site now, and it’s yours.

I built Graffiti Alley because I wanted a corner of franklinmckay.com that feels like the real thing. If you’ve ever walked Toronto’s Graffiti Alley, down Rush Lane, you know the feeling. Every inch covered. Every colour shouting. Every tag telling you somebody was here. That laneway gave me the eye that became the Awake artwork, and now the alley itself lives here, rebuilt brick by brick, with the paint still wet.

It’s a fan wall, first of all. Leave your tag. Spray a few words, seventy-five characters or less, and tell me where you’re listening from. Drop a line from your corner of the world. There are already messages on the wall from Stavanger, Norway, and from a whole lot closer to home, and I read every one of them.

But it’s more than a fan wall. It’s a wall that promotes other artists and businesses too. If you’re a band, a singer, a painter, a shop, a café, whatever you do, your tag belongs here just as much as any fan’s. Put your name up in lights and let people find you. Messages in any language are welcome, and bands and businesses are welcome too.

Here’s how it works. You write your message, you confirm your email, and then I approve every single post before it goes up. Nothing goes live without my say-so, so the wall stays bright and clean and worth visiting.

The jester up top is keeping watch. He was the first face on the wall, and he’s not going anywhere.

So come and see it. Leave your mark. And if you know an artist or a business that deserves a little light, send them to the wall too. There’s always room for one more tag.

Come and leave your tag: Graffiti Alley

— Franklin

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