One of the awesome admin team, Heidi Tsao, has been doing Green Door posts amplifying our local businesses and someone suggested a specific business to her and mentioned that they were concerned about them and suggested she may be able to highlight them, says Bradley. We realized there were more than a few businesses in the same situation. Not to take away anything from restaurants and some other retail businesses in our neighbourhood, but some businesses are completely closed. No takeout, no, or very little, curbside or even 100 per cent closed due to lockdown restrictions.
The Green Door Instagram account shows Tsao s illustrations featuring local business owners which she has tacked up to her front door.
Someone in Toronto posts daily illustrations of local restaurant owners on their front door
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A green door in Toronto has played host to almost 200 daily illustrations at this point, most recently depicting local restaurant and store owners.
Heidi Tsao started out doing her door illustrations on a flipchart, but as the pandemic progressed she moved on to a whiteboard. At first she drew funny cartoons with accompanying jokes as a way of coping with current events and connecting with her neighbourhood. When the second lockdown happened, I started featuring local businesses, Tsao told blogTO. The reason, simply put, is because I like being able to walk to shops and restaurants in my area and I want to be able to keep doing so when things return to normal.