Features
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Public space in the news today
There are a whack of articles in the Star today that relate to public space issues: City councillors gave general approval yesterday for city staff to...
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Billboard liberation
Nothing better than a liberated billboard to celebrate our first anniversary. This piece was done by Fauxreel. It was up recently for 43 hours at Spadina...
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Amnesty International Bus Shelter Ads
An interesting series of ads for Amnesty International (via singer.to). They seem to have taken pictures of the background, did some photoshop, and...
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The Impacts of Traffic on Health
The City of Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health released a damning report in March on “The Impacts of Traffic on Health”. The report is...
By Dylan Reid -
Chainless bike
I’ve had a bad two weeks with my bike — three flat tires. I have surmised that something is caught inside my tire which is causing the...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Adidas bridge at the World Cup
Just like the Olympics, the World Cup is an outdoor ad agency’s wet dream. Adidas placed this massive billboard over a bridge construction site on...
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The branding of Home
What would the neighbours think? I’ve always wondered when branding would reach the homestead. Not surprisingly, one of the most obnoxious shows on...
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The Billboard Battalion vs. Dundas Square
Nearly every community council meeting taking place at City Hall these days attracts someone from the Billboard Battalion, a sub-group of the Toronto...
By Dale Duncan -
The Yellow Slasher
Bikeshare sent us a press release about many of their bikes being vandelized lately. I suppose it’s one of those things that makes you wonder about...
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Who You Gonna Call? Part 2
The City of Toronto website is full of useful but hard-to-find information. As a follow-up to the sidewalk-obstacle-busting phone numbers I provided in an...
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Bye-bye, Monster Bins
The monster garbage bin project is dead! Well, almost. This week, the City’s Works committee agreed to begin the process for a fat-ass street...
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Who You Gonna Call? Obstacle-Busters!
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee in January, we heard a presentation from city staff about sidewalk obstacles (construction scaffolding, patios...
By Dylan Reid