JESSIE holding antique style, beautiful maps of Long Branch and Mimico, which are for sale. Photos by Tom Godfrey.
COMMUNITY Barber Andy Dinner (right), with coffee mug in hand, bought a map of New Toronto from Jessie for his salon.
New Toronto artist Jessie Schutte is paying homage to the area by creating antique-looking historic maps that highlights different communities.
People seem to be liking the beautiful prints of New Toronto, Mimico and now she is working on a Long Branch map. They each contain local history and well-known businesses now gone.
There will only 100 copies of each print made and they look great when framed.
“So far we have sold more than 50 of the New Toronto maps,” says Schutte, a former school teacher. “People seem to like them.”
She is also a co-owner of the Big Guy’s Little Coffee Shop, at 2861 Lake Shore. Blvd. W., where the prints can be obtained.
Community barber Andy Dinner purchased one of the New Toronto pieces on the spot.
“I like it. New Toronto is where my business is,” Diner says. “I am putting this up in my store.”
Another woman was also querying about obtaining another piece of the lovely artwork.
Dinner promises to return to purchase one of Schutte’s coffee mugs. The mugs have photos of the various maps on their sides.
The Lake Shore map it turns out features a photo of a black fox, which residents swear, and have photos to prove, still roams the area.
There are also iconic images on the maps, which includes San Remo Bakery, Toronto South Detention Centre, Mimico Arena and Birds & Beans Coffee shop in Mimico.
The maps are $25 each and the mugs are two for $20. You can obtain information or place an order by emailing jessie.schutte@me.com