Gwendolyn MacEwen Park
There are not many parks or sculptures honouring women but the tiniest park in the Annex area is named for Gwendolyn MacEwen, an award-winning Canadian poet & novelist who lived her short adult life in the Annex. Born in 1941, she died in 1987 and the park was renamed in her honour in 1994 but it was little more than a traffic circle with a couple of benches until 2010 when after persistent pressure from locals a major makeover was done which expanded, landscaped, and beautified the park. This bronze bust by John Reynolds had been unveiled in 2006 and supervised the whole makeover!
The bust portion of this sculpture is shown in close-up on her Wikipedia entry. You've done her proud.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the bust is now in a more fitting surrounding than a traffic circle.
ReplyDeleteOh and they honor her with such lovely tulips. Love your new look!!!
ReplyDeleteI like this bust and the park. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteAnd now she is surrounded by beautiful flowers. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou've got a great photo here which shows the sculpture very well, along with those colorful tulips.
ReplyDeleteNice tribute with lovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteLovely memorial, beautiful flowers. Thank you for the history.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see persons of letters honoured in this way. USually it's statespeople, soldiers, politicians and sports-stars... Lovely shot, Pat.
ReplyDeleteNice to see her being recognized in a more fitting way Pat.
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad the bust is only her head. I think it looks sort of odd. But I definitely agree with honoring women more, just with more attractive statues. ;)
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