The prairie buffalo, an important key to Manitoba's history. Artist Tom Andrich is at right. The artwork was finished in 2002, but this box did not hit the streets until March, 2003.
Location: N side bet. Henderson & Beatrice, traffic controller box on front lawn
This is another in a series of Heritage-themed Traffic Control Boxes by artist Tom
Andrich, which are situated downtown along the north side of Portage Avenue. In
2011
the box was removed from the street because a larger box became required. The box
was donated to a private citizen. The 2 photos shown here are of the box at its original
location at Portage & Notre Dame.
Tom Andrich: "I did a Buffalo in the summer and in the opposite corner I did a Buffalo in the winter.
When you look at from the corner you see a full face Buffalo when you're seeing it from
the side you see a half a Buffalo, so it's always Buffalo. I had to really watch my image
so no matter which way you look there's always Buffalo. A Buffalo represented the
Prairies."
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