By Dave Meslin
MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 4
Exactly fifteen years ago this week, I received this short and uplifting e-mail from Toronto city staff: January 12, 2006 Hi Dave, We... Read More
Misleading Leaside: Lobbyists score a hat trick with digital billboard
Outfront Media wants to construct a massive digital billboard in the residential community of Leaside. The problem is, no one wants... Read More
MESLIN: Digital megaboard proposed for West Don park corridor
UPDATE: 68 letters were sent to the Committee, in opposition to the billboard proposal (you can read them all, at the bottom of this... Read More
MESLIN: While other cities embrace street murals, Toronto staff reject it
It’s been seven months since I wrote about the Regal Heights street mural, a community-driven art project painted by neighbours... Read More
How to stop billboard proliferation along our highways
As the Ontario government considers allowing digital billboards on Ontario’s highways, community activists from across North... Read More
MESLIN: Why don’t we do it in the road?
Toronto is no stranger to painted murals. From Art Starts to Mural Routes to the City’s StART program, we’re increasingly... Read More
MESLIN: If a billboard falls in a forest… Part 3
Last week a brilliant piece appeared in the New York Times about commercial advertising in public spaces and what the author describes... Read More
MESLIN: Connecting the Dots – Exposing the influence of lobbyists at City Hall
Five years ago, Toronto City Council banned all corporate and union contributions for municipal election campaigns. This was supposed... Read More
MESLIN: The myth of the five-week election
As the dust settles from the 2014 municipal election and political commentators begin to reflect on what happened, two common themes... Read More
If a billboard falls in a forest….. (Part 2)
Five weeks ago, I wrote the first installment of this saga which I described at the time as a “shocking tale of procedural inertia... Read More