{"id":4010,"date":"2009-02-06T13:56:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T18:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/02\/06\/sidewalk-graffiti-hydro-style\/"},"modified":"2009-02-06T14:07:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T19:07:03","slug":"sidewalk-graffiti-hydro-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/02\/06\/sidewalk-graffiti-hydro-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewalk graffiti, hydro-style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3456\/3258739678_6ea2c93458.jpg\" height=\"497\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Never mind avoiding stepping on cracks in the sidewalk &#8212; look out for the hydro covers!<\/p>\n<p>As many Torontonians are aware, Hydro Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=1246133\">has a problem on their hands<\/a>: old and decaying wires were coming into contact with winter moisture, and on two occasions those wires made contact with sidewalk covers that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/581366\">ended up shocking a dog and young child<\/a>. Hydro Toronto deployed their entire outdoor workforce across the city this week to check every single sidewalk cover for safety reasons (hats off to them for taking the issue so seriously).<\/p>\n<p>On my walk into Spacing&#8217;s office (on Spadina between King and Dundas) I&#8217;ve noticed that almost every hydro cover was painted red to indicate which covers had been checked by a crew. This may be the biggest and most co-ordinated sidewalk graffiti event in Toronto&#8217;s history. The Star&#8217;s Christopher Hume <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/GTA\/Columnist\/article\/583254\">wrote about this topic<\/a> today as well.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who aren&#8217;t sure whether to step on these covers I say, &#8220;if it&#8217;s red, go ahead &#8212; if it&#8217;s brown, step around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It also reminded me of an article in Spacing&#8217;s public art issue (#5, Winter 2006), written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizworth.com\/home.html\">Liz Worth<\/a>, about a unique and subtle public art project: someone was painting random bits and pieces of Toronto infrastructure (gas metres, bricks, metal handles on utility poles, knobs on fire hydrants, etc etc etc) in a light blue colour. It&#8217;s a charming intervention for those of us who like to look at details on the streetscape as we go about our daily activities. You can still see blue painted bits all over the downtown core.<\/p>\n<p><em>photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/3258739678\/\">Matthew Blackett<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never mind avoiding stepping on cracks in the sidewalk &#8212; look out for the hydro covers! 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