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Old Posted Feb 8, 2011, 1:01 PM
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Originally Posted by terrynorthend View Post
Very nice. My guess is this would have been midway along that block, approximately across from the Paramount Apartments. Its too bad they didn't take some of the money donated/raised post-Juan to build a replica of this gate. I really like walking that section of South Park on summer nights, with the Gardens, lampposts and Lord Nelson lit up. It feels like Central Park at night.
The gate was no doubt across the street from the childhood home of Hugh MacLennan, 'Barometer Rising'. He lived there at the time of the explosion. The house is now gone, of course.
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