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In today’s Toronto Star, writer Murray Whyte examines the current state of postering in the city and discovers that the corporate advertisers are not only taking over our street furniture, they now control postering on major streets. They’re the legacy of decades of posters announcing everything from the disappearance of a much-loved pet to aContinue readinghttps://spacing.ca/toronto/images/poster-pole.jpg