How Toronto learned to embrace its street art

At one of the busiest street corners in Toronto, a nine-storey mural by the British graffiti artist Phlegm depicts a human figure curled into a sleeping position. Inside the figures outline is a congested landscape of buildings. The untitled work, commissioned by the city, is an example of how the local government has turned around its view on street art.
 
It wasnt too long ago that Toronto waged a war on graffiti, led by its former mayor Rob Ford, who in 2011 toured the city streets with