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Bank of Canada

The Bank of Canada building on Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa was built in 1937 by architect S.G. Davenport of Montreal. The building is decorated with sculptures designed by Jacobine Jones. The sculptures are prime examples of the weird semi-erotic socialist realism that was in vogue for public art at the time. Heavily-muscled naked man [...]
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