As you probably already know, NDP leader Jack Layton passed away four days ago after his battle with cancer.  This afternoon I headed to Nathan Philips Square and took some pictures of the memorial set up outside City Hall.

It’s quite amazing.  Almost all of Nathan Philips Square is covered in chalk messages to Jack, and today there were hundreds of people lined up for a public viewing inside city hall.

Like I said, almost every part of Nathan Philips Square is covered in chalk:

There is also a growing memorial of flowers, notes, gifts, and orange Crush cans:

Tomorrow there will be a state funeral held at Roy Thompson Hall.

You can also check out the pictures I took of him last year while filming CBC’s Make the Politician Work.