NOW Magazine
Hidden Toronto: U of T’s Tiananmen Square memorial
The memorial to the 1989 student uprising and push for democracy in China takes on renewed resonance amid the pandemic
By Enzo DiMatteo
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Why you should check it out
From the footpath that runs alongside it, it’s easy to mistake the Broken Bicycle monument to the 1989 student uprising in Tiananmen Square for a memorial to cyclists killed on Toronto’s streets. You have to walk up closer on the grassy knoll to make out the distinct impressions of the tank treads in the bronze of a crushed, upside-down bike.