The Watchmen
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Title
The Watchmen
Description
The following is an excerpt from Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto, Coach House Press, 2010
Though Toronto derives its name from an aboriginal word, examples of First Nations public art around the city are rare. One giant exception is found in the atrium of the former Maclean-Hunter building at College and Bay, one of the 'unsympathetic' structures, depending on your sensibility. The plain glass tower's basement houses The Three Watchmen, three totem poles (one fifty feet high, the other two thirty feet) by artist Robert Davidson of the west-coast Haida Nation. Maclean-Hunter may not exist anymore (it was subsumed into the Rogers empire), but Davidson’s contemporary totems mark the day in 1984 when a Canadian print media company was mighty enough that they could open their own skyscraper.
Though Toronto derives its name from an aboriginal word, examples of First Nations public art around the city are rare. One giant exception is found in the atrium of the former Maclean-Hunter building at College and Bay, one of the 'unsympathetic' structures, depending on your sensibility. The plain glass tower's basement houses The Three Watchmen, three totem poles (one fifty feet high, the other two thirty feet) by artist Robert Davidson of the west-coast Haida Nation. Maclean-Hunter may not exist anymore (it was subsumed into the Rogers empire), but Davidson’s contemporary totems mark the day in 1984 when a Canadian print media company was mighty enough that they could open their own skyscraper.
Creator
Shawn Micallef
Date
Nov 6/13
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Collection
Citation
Shawn Micallef, “The Watchmen,” TPL Virtual Exhibits - Contribution site, accessed July 5, 2024, http://omeka.tplcs.ca/virtual-exhibits-contribute/items/show/77.