{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Spacing Toronto","provider_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto","author_name":"John Lorinc","author_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/john\/","title":"LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course - Spacing Toronto","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"19zo52CQTN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/02\/02\/lorinc-the-post-snowstorm-sidewalk-obstacle-course\/\">LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/02\/02\/lorinc-the-post-snowstorm-sidewalk-obstacle-course\/embed\/#?secret=19zo52CQTN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course&#8221; &#8212; Spacing Toronto\" data-secret=\"19zo52CQTN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/sidewalk-snow-plow_7882.jpg","thumbnail_width":1417,"thumbnail_height":1063,"description":"Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the sprawling department tasked with planning, maintaining and enforcing rules on Toronto&#8217;s public rights-of-way, is notionally responsible for the care and feeding of our sidewalks. But the record-setting snow-dump that hit us a week agoContinue reading"}