Labels:hakham | sky | window OCR: Exterior Artwork The Golden Boy The Golden Boy, magnificent figure stretching 9 met res from toe to torch tip, is one Manitoba's best-known sy mbol s. Originally made bronze, the Golden Boy was painted before being gilded with 23. 5-carat leaf in 1951. The 536 am figure stands 73 metres above ground; in fact the tip of t the statue's torch was the highest point in Winnipeg before the constructi on of the high- rise buildings that form the city's skyline today Embody ing the spirit enterprise and eternal youth, the Golden Boyis captured standing on his left leg. in mid- -stride atop the building' dome ymbols puno ghest skvline Embod Bovis