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261 Hugo Street
Location Map
'Doors and Birds of the World'
View From the NE.
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Location: NE corner Jesse & Hugo; courtyard
Occupant: Hugo Piazza (courtyard)
District: Fort Rouge
Neighbourhood: Earl Grey
Artist(s): Michel Saint Hilaire, Mandy van Leeuwen
Year: 2012
Sponsors: Take Pride Winnipeg!, Corydon Avenue BIZ
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This Mural aims to celebrate multiculturalism and immigration through a symbolic
collection of doors and birds from around the world. Among a continuous scene of
dramatic skies the doorways and birds symbolize the diverse character and beauty of
mixed culture, embracing opportunity and change. Famous doors from around the world
included in this Mural are: Kom-El-Shuqafa Tomb/Egypt, Royal Palace/Spain, Jules
Laviotte - Architect/France, Barretstown Castel/ Ireland, St. Basil's Cathedral/Russia,
Florence Baptistry, by Ghiberti/Italy. Others, not as well known, are a mix of doors found
over various parts of the world. Viewers can visit Hugo Piazza and experience this
original artwork in a new way every time.
Birds included in the Mural are as follows:
Bald Eagle, Brown Pelican, Toco Tucan, Macaw, Parrot, Borean Ground-Cuckoo, Barn
Owl, Humming Bird, Red-Billed Hornbill, Flamingo, Rufous-Bellied Heron, White
Bellied Sea Eagle, Osprey, Siberian Cane, Blue Tit, Grey Hypocolius, White-Starred
Robin, Eastern Paradise Whydah, Northern Cardinal.
Source: Corydon Avenue BIZ
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