John Warkentin: Rosa Nautica

Sculpture Dept: Fifteen minutes before, the same white-haired gentleman, smiling as wide as the brim of his Tilley hat, posed a similar question to a dog-walking couple: Excuse me, can you direct me to any sculptures in this area? , according to Globe and Mail. With a nod and a Thank you, good day, retired York University geography professor John Warkentin, 83, has proven with a little bit of impromptu fieldwork that while there are a dozen sculptures within a stone s throw of one another in the condo forest of CityPlace, it s still a challenge finding folks who know much about them and looking out the window at the wall in question, he admits, Yeah, I have, actually; I think they might be an art piece of some sort? Um, we re not from around here; the only ones I know of are those right there, says the perplexed young man, pointing vaguely to the massive Rosa Nautica over the elderly man s shoulder and another in the distance. If you go toward the water, I think there s a park where there may also be some sculpture. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.