The proposed location in an open space at the foot of Mount Royal is beside a historic convent, whose residents say they do not want an “overturned cross” outside their property. Spokesman Marc-André Gosselin said the mayor was concerned there had not been adequate consultation of the religious order. The original work, built from rented construction material, was erected in front of McGill University, with Mount Royal and its illuminated cross visible in the background. The sculpture was destroyed and thrown away, Forcier said, leaving the people behind the current exhibition to work from a photograph to recreate it. “It would have been as if the cross had come down on its own from Mount Royal and after the trip was having a rest on its side,” she said.

Source: National Post September 23, 2016 02:26 UTC