Street Banners

Granville Street was decorated with street banners, adding a splash of design and colour to the (pleasant) urban streetscape.

Like back home, a fair bit of symbolic homage is paid to the original inhabitants of these lands, of which these signs are typical examples.  Native iconography is a big thing, much of the better grade souvenier carrying it (produced and patented by first nations peoples).  Also like home, disadvantage and prejudice lie barely beneath the surface, and the mortality and lifestyle statistics are frightening.  In some ways, the more things change, the more they stay the same.