{"id":8107,"date":"2012-03-09T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:29","slug":"urban-planet-insulls-chicago-transit-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/03\/09\/urban-planet-insulls-chicago-transit-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Insull&#8217;s Chicago Transit Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=27042\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1.Washington.Temple.BoulMich-1024x660\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/1.Washington.Temple.BoulMich-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/01\/27\/posters_that_rival_the_london_underground\/singleton\/\">Salon.com<\/a>\u00a0explores the unlikely artistic legacy of Samuel Insull, former assistant to Thomas Edison, co-founder of General Electric and owner of many Chicago area utilities and regional transit lines. Borrowing from the style of London&#8217;s underground posters, Insull&#8217;s branding campaign enticed riders to take transit with bucolic images of an accessible countryside and a clean city.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/01\/27\/posters_that_rival_the_london_underground\/singleton\/\">Salon.com<\/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>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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