{"id":11420,"date":"2012-03-16T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=11420"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:57:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:57:33","slug":"urban-planet-pothole-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/03\/16\/urban-planet-pothole-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Pothole Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=27389\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27389\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"6293935\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/6293935.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/?attachment_id=25153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/uploads\/images\/line-grey-1pixel-600wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are potholes the next frontier for outdoor advertising? In Montreal this week, morning commuters were caught off guard by a sedan which appeared to have been swallowed by an enormous pothole on de la Cath\u00e9drale. The stunt was the work of an ad agency promoting Pothole Season &#8211; a smartphone app to help drivers locate potholes. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/life\/catching+downtown+pothole+fake\/6293709\/story.html\">Montreal Gazette<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/life\/catching+downtown+pothole+fake\/6293709\/story.html\">Montreal Gazette<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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