Dundas Street, London, Ontario

Very well composed John.

Thanks, José.

Lovely street scene John.

Thanks, Jaap.

Fine picture and a very interesting text, John !

Thanks, Ulrich.

Now when they renamed it..like it never happened.
World is getting crazier and crazier every day.

Yes indeed, Marko. Some Métis residents of a neighbourhood in Winnipeg are petitioning to have its name changed because it's named after a military commander (an illustrious one, Garnet Wolseley)) who treated them badly. However, the Manitoba Métis Federation does not support the petition. They argue that you can't just erase a part of history because you don't like it, and that in fact having public memorials to Wolseley helps Métis to learn about their history.

They might have added that erasing parts of history is what Europeans have been doing here for centuries.

Yes,its Taliban mentality,remember when they destroyed that Buddhas of Bamiyan,one of the world wonders..and now what Antifa is doing doing across America,its pathetic.

There is a funny thing happening in Croatia,1990 we went out of Yugoslavia,then there was war,a lot of people died in the whole region but we kept our independence.
Our president was weird figure,if he didnt died he would probably end up together with serb president in The Hague on war court as a war criminal.

After the war came privatization of companies but really the big robbery of the state for 200 families,we will never know the right amount of wealth that was stolen.

Anyway,what they are doing now its very funny,his political party is erecting his statues all around our country,normal people is mad cause of this and every now and then somebody would paint it or do some other damage but they should leave it be,this bizzare statues are biggest laughter for just what they are and also not one depicts him right or all of them are,hehe.
www.24sata.hr/news/spomenik-tudmanu-postao-hit-na-drustvenim-mrezama-ma-sigurno-niste-znali-da-to-postoji-766250

I was a little skeptical about your argument, Marko, until I followed the link. Some of those are truly ridiculous. I also see your point about the lack of resemblance.

I'm hoping that all this furore will lead to a re-evaluation of the role of history. The history I was taught was basically a glorification of Western imperialism. I mentioned under an earlier photo that I was never taught the history of my region, whose post-European-settlement history, at least, is well-documented. It's not, I suspect, because people only wanted to obliterate the history of relations between the indigenous people and the settlers -- we were never taught about important white people from here -- Frederick Banting, for example. What the schools considered important was catching us up in inspiring allegory that would make us proud to be members of a worldwide civilization. The allegory is seeming less and less appropriate these days.

An interesting street scene John...........I especially like the patterns in the road and pavements.

I've had a closer look at the windows where it says "ME", but I can't see you anywhere?

Thanks, Keith. The ME is a remnant of the sign of the store that used to be there - a branch of the Metropolitan chain, that ceased trading in 2007. I have no idea what it's doing in the window, though.

Loads of textural contrasts here John, excellent.

Thanks, Maggs.

grandios

Thanks, seise.

Hasan law.......scaring words !

Au contraire, Léo. A very community-minded bunch. Hassan Law bought that building back when it was vacant and decrepit and restored it. During Doors Open/Portes Ouvertes they have a floor set up recreating how it looked in the mid-19th century; I don't know if that's a permanent feature. Anyway, the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario gave them an award for it:
london.ctvnews.ca/roundhouse-chisholm-building-recognized-by-heritage-group-1.2597642

Thnaks for these exhaustive details John.