Dorchester Square open to public
Fagstein notes the reopening of Dorchester Square (which I will always think of as Dominion Square) after renovations and prettyings-up. I went and had a look and it really has been done well and with a light hand.
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Martin Girard 12:28 on 2010/06/25 Permalink
Really beautiful. Considering the very central location of this square, I’d say that was money well spend.
admin 12:50 on 2010/06/25 Permalink
It’s lovely but there’s one bug: the central monument in the square (not shown in my photo above, but you can see it in Fagstein’s top photo, surrounded by red flowers) is a memorial to Canadian participation in the Boer War. This was considered a big patriotic deal at the time, but in retrospect the picture of the British squabbling with Dutch settlers over land that properly belongs to Africans is not an edifying one.
I’m not sure what I’d propose – certainly I’m not saying the monument should be taken down. But perhaps, when the time comes, the square could find room for a memorial to Nelson Mandela, by way of balance.