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Hyman Street, London, Ontario

Hyman Street, London, Ontario
London, Ontario has many attractive old buidlings of white brick with carved gable trim and bargeboards. The carved tree trunk is a memorial to C. S. Hyman, for whom the street was named; the carver was Neil Cox.

For more information about Hyman, you can click the PiP at top left, which will take you to a description of his many accomplishments.

London, by the way, has an official tour of carved tree trunks, but I think you're meant to just drive around to the trees yourself. Save some time and just drive along Hamilton Road in southeast London, where almost all the tree trunks are. But, of course, we can't admit that it's a southeast London project, can we? When I tell people the neighbourhood in southeast London I grew up in they jump back as if I'm going to rob them. But its reputation is a highly exaggerated version of the truth. Anyway, if you drive along Hamilton Road you can also visit the Buddhist centre in the other PiP.

Here's the city's information about the tour:
www.londontourism.ca/treetrunktour/#Artists

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 raingirl
raingirl club has replied
*smile*
2 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
We're very exotic here, Denis.
2 years ago.
 Sarah P.
Sarah P. club
BTW, I missed your note about the apparently dicy neighbourhood in southeast London you grew up in the first time I looked at this. I didn't even know you grew up on London, and from what I've seen of the place so far, I have a hard time imagining an American-style rough neighborhood, especially back in the days. Do you have any old pictures? Were you already a photographer when you were a kid?
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
Not an American-style rough neighborhood, Sarah. Just people feared by the genteel types in the north end. Mainly railway workers where I lived. Plus the odd drug dealer.
2 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Lovely !
2 years ago.

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