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Dundas Street, London, Ontario

Dundas Street, London, Ontario
Dundas Street runs about 200 km from Toronto to London, Ontario. This view is about 400 m from the western end of those 200 km. Just below the centre of the photo is a PiP showing the view of that part of the window I posted a few days ago.

Toronto has decided to rename its part of Dundas Street, since it was named after Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. who delayed the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. I wonder if they will consult London about the new name. London was, after all, a terminus of the Underground Railroad. I'm joking -- of course they won't consult London.

Will S., Fred Fouarge, Léopold, Rainer Blankermann and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
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
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Marko Novosel
Marko Novosel club has replied
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
2 years ago.
 Léopold
Léopold club has replied
Thnaks for these exhaustive details John.
2 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
They're things I'd already found out when I looked up the building, Léopold. Somebody downtown who's actually improving their property is a rare being in London, and that's a fine building.
2 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club has replied
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.
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.

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