Communication
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Photo du jour: Ad scooter
Maybe the companies that run ad trucks down the city’s major streets finally realized how wasteful that was — it now seems that at least some...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Satan’s gas station
Gas station under construction at Beaubien Rosemont and Christophe-Colomb.
By Chris Erb -
Photo du jour: Vive la Commune!
Corner of St-Hubert and Faillon, Villeray.
By Chris Erb -
Public underwear art battle on Thursday
WHAT? Lunchtime art battle against cancer WHERE? Victoria Square WHEN? Thursday, August 14th, between noon and 2:30pm An underwear-themed “art...
By Christopher DeWolf -
“Point de rencontre” in Cabot Square
WHAT? “Point de rencontre,” an artistic intervention in Cabot Square WHERE? Cabot Square, corner of Ste. Catherine and Atwater WHEN? August...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Scenes from away
Early in 2007, when the city was under cover of snow, somebody stapled pictures of lush gardens and inviting squares onto the wooden hydro poles around...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Faces
In the alley behind St. Michael’s Church, near St. Viateur St., July 10, 2008
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Harper sucks!
Graffiti in an alley on the eastern Plateau, near Papineau and Mount Royal. June 9, 2007
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du jour: Mets chinois
It’s always a delight to find an old sign like this that uses that hilariously clichéd and outdated font, Rickshaw, which surely ranks with Comic...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Treestump Garden
The other day while biking up Laval st. in the Plateau, I passed by this entirely charming reclamation of a treestump. It was obvious that someone had...
By Sherwin Tjia -
Sidewalk-cleaning graffiti
Guerilla advertising in the form of sidewalk stencils is nothing new—Julie’s post below details the city of Portland’s lawsuit against...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Making the ad creeps pay
In an interesting case from the Pacific Northwest, the city of Portland, Oregon, is suing employment-classifieds site Jobdango for the almost $5500 it...
By Julie Fournier