This bronze sculpture installed in 1969, by Dale Heinzerling and the students of the Rochdale Sculpture shop, is located on Bloor St near U of Toronto in front of what had been a great experiment in student-run alternative education and co-op living - Rochdale. Housed in a brand new 18 storey building, 840 students were to pursue knowledge in a free environment. Unfortunately, the idealism of the 60s lost out to the drug culture and within a couple of years Rochdale was one of the largest drug-distribution centres in N America! It finally closed in 1975 after many famous raids by the police and the building is a seniors apartment complex now - perfect for the same people who first lived there!
8 comments:
Great and impressive sculpture!
Like your words!
Full circle i guess ;)
It's a pity people were not prepared to take advantage of this fabulous oportunity.
Great shot of the dramatic sculpture!
Great sculpture.
I like the sculpture and what an interesting background!
Terrific sculpture. From today's perspective, it seems so obvious that complete freedom among kids of college years would likely degenerate, but I guess it was less obvious at that time.
That's beautiful. Nice history too.
I think I bought drugs there once a few decades ago,,,M
How sad that the plan didn't work...but hey! I'm sure it's a great place for seniors. The sculpture is wonderful!
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