{"id":1372,"date":"2008-09-18T11:56:06","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T15:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/09\/18\/photo-du-jour-urban-language-breakdown\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:40:22","slug":"photo-du-jour-urban-language-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/09\/18\/photo-du-jour-urban-language-breakdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo du Jour &#8211; Urban Language Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24923563@N02\/2775361322\/\" title=\"Langage Urbain by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3063\/2775361322_aa3e51a720.jpg\" alt=\"Langage Urbain\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sculpture entitled &#8220;Langage Urbain&#8221; by Ken Story has stood in front of the <strike>Bank of Montreal<\/strike> Telus building on R\u00e9n\u00e9-Levesque, corner University, since 1992. 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