{"id":256,"date":"2005-10-15T23:34:51","date_gmt":"2005-10-16T03:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=256"},"modified":"2005-10-15T23:40:06","modified_gmt":"2005-10-16T03:40:06","slug":"ode-to-the-bollard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/10\/15\/ode-to-the-bollard\/","title":{"rendered":"Ode to the Bollard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.naparstek.com\/uploaded_images\/Downtown.jpg-792086.jpg\" alt=\"bollards\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The simple bollard:  a punctuation mark in a mature urban environment;  a marker of mediation between conflicting modes of transportation;  a tiny totem of civilization:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bollards &#8212; chances are you don&#8217;t care about them or even know what they are. Sadly, I do. And I&#8217;m about to tell you all about them. But this is exactly what Internet self-publishing is for, right? <a target=new href=\"http:\/\/www.naparstek.com\/2005\/10\/making-nycs-streets-safe-for-hydrants.php\">Two-thousand words on bollards.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The simple bollard: a punctuation mark in a mature urban environment; a marker of mediation between conflicting modes of transportation; a tiny totem of civilization: Bollards &#8212; chances are you don&#8217;t care about them or even know what they are. Sadly, I do. And I&#8217;m about to tell you all about them. 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