Next time you are on the north side of the city (preferably in the winter, when the leaves have fallen), take a walk past the Portail De La Promesse. Originally erected on August 27th 1989 in recognition of the Jeux Canada Games that were held in Saskatoon on August 13-26, 1989. I gave it a short visit on the 26th and quickly sketched it before heading off to work. However, there is more of a story to this than what is commonly known. Many of you are probably familiar with the Tribute to Youth piece situated downtown. This piece was also put up in memory of the Jeux games. After it was decided that Tribute To Youth would be placed downtown rather than Portail De La Promesse, the artist was a little upset and placed his art in the Meewasin Park so that it perfectly framed the Regional Psychiatric Centre. On the other hand, if also perfectly frames a tree.
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| Tribute To Youth |
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| Imagine this image is reversed. |
-LA
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