Outdoor public bike art

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Looks it's treated with respect too, Fredwina.

This bike sculpture at a downtown university campus in Toronto has a more serious message:

http://www.ruthard.ca/art/university.html

For those who don't know, it refers to the Tienamen Square massacre (1989? Guess I have to check the Internet) in Beijing in China when university student protesters were mowed down during a gathering in support of a pro-democracy movement. One of the photos that was published worldwide in papers/on tv, was a crushed bicycle that would have belonged to student(s).

And the other famous photo at that time, was the lone ordinary person walking out in front of a huge army tanker.

I guess it's like a bike memorial but with a strong political message. This sculpture could have only been allowed to exist on a university campus. At least in Toronto.