{"id":635,"date":"2008-02-21T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T02:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=635"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:19:12","slug":"if-calgary-can-do-it-why-not-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/02\/21\/if-calgary-can-do-it-why-not-us\/","title":{"rendered":"If Calgary can do it, why can&#8217;t we?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2242602829\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2237\/2242602829_18806e4b26.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written before about <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?cat=23\">posters<\/a> and, in particular, the need for more legal postering space in Montreal. My recent trip to Calgary revealed that, even there, the city provides plenty of spots for people to glue their posters. The fact that most of Calgary&#8217;s posters are bland and uninspired, while many in Montreal are <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=131\">works of art<\/a>, only exacerbates an already unfair situation. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2263764884\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2266\/2263764884_e3d5477a7b.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/2247456967\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2176\/2247456967_47ae37ffdd.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before about posters and, in particular, the need for more legal postering space in Montreal. My recent trip to Calgary revealed that, even there, the city provides plenty of spots for people to glue their posters. 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