On the weekend, I took a photo of the statue of
Alexander Wood that lies on the northwest corner of Church and Maitland.
is one of several orphan pictures of mine taken during Pride.
I remembered that I had taken a photo of the statue in 2014.
In
October 2012, during Nuit Blanche, I took some night-time photos of the statue. Below is one of the photos, and what I wrote at the time.
On the night of Nuit Blanche, I went to the northwestern corner of
Church and Alexander--just two blocks south of the fabled intersection of Church and Wellesley--to take photos of sculptor
Del Newbigging's statue of Scottish-born merchant
Alexander Wood,
unveiled in 2005. Located next to the
compass painted on the sidewalk at the same corner, Newbigging's statue of Wood has become something of a community landmark, quite literally a touchstone--apparently some locals
rub the statue for good luck before dates.