As recorded in a previous post about the plans for a Costco store on Overlea Blvd. the bronze sculpture created by the late Walter Yarwood (right) will find a place of honour in a garden with seating outside the proposed retail store. Despite its deteriorated condition the bronze has stood the ravages of some 50 years pretty well. It’s dirty and stained but the welds are sound. A little known feature of the “Coke bottle” sculpture are the scripts of many languages around the bottom. So far as we can tell, they all say Drink Coca Cola Ice Cold (Buvez Coca Cola Glace). All of this is to say the dramatic work will make a nice focus for the public seating on Overlea. The City of Toronto is notorious for twisting the arm of developers to install things like bicycle racks at new car dealerships. How about a few dollars to clean up the Yarwood before it is installed. If you would like to read more about Torontonian Walter Yarwood, here is his biography. Yarwood’s Coke sculpture finds place of honour
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As recorded in a previous post about the plans for a Costco store on Overlea Blvd. the bronze sculpture created by the late Walter Yarwood (right) will find a place of honour in a garden with seating outside the proposed retail store. Despite its deteriorated condition the bronze has stood the ravages of some 50 years pretty well. It’s dirty and stained but the welds are sound. A little known feature of the “Coke bottle” sculpture are the scripts of many languages around the bottom. So far as we can tell, they all say Drink Coca Cola Ice Cold (Buvez Coca Cola Glace). All of this is to say the dramatic work will make a nice focus for the public seating on Overlea. The City of Toronto is notorious for twisting the arm of developers to install things like bicycle racks at new car dealerships. How about a few dollars to clean up the Yarwood before it is installed. If you would like to read more about Torontonian Walter Yarwood, here is his biography. 