Robert Burns Statue, St.Kilda Road, C.1920
From January 1904 until 1970, the imposing bronze statue of Burns you see here stood in St Kilda Rd, not far from Princes Bridge. It towered over a barely recognisable streetscape, arms folded, a larger-than-life figure imbuing a sense of strength and purpose in this relatively new (look how small the plane trees are) landscape.