{"id":622,"date":"2006-03-15T18:21:08","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T22:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=622"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:42:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:42:43","slug":"like-spacings-buttons-but-more-practical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/03\/15\/like-spacings-buttons-but-more-practical\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Spacing&#8217;s buttons, but more practical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"284\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.londonist.com\/attachments\/Rob\/front_of_pack.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One the fun fallouts of producing our Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/buttons.htm\">subway buttons<\/a> is hearing how people use their buttons. One lady bought a pack of station buttons that were wheelchair accessible &#8212; her son was disabled and had recently passed on, and this was her way of remembering him on a tiny level. Other people suggest that people should wear the buttons so if they fall asleep, other passengers will know which station to wake them up at. Well, someone in London, England has created stickers to do just that. Its a project called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakemeupat.com\/\"><strong>Wake Me Up At<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonist.com\/archives\/2006\/03\/wakemeupat_stic.php\">Londonist<\/a>, Torontoist&#8217;s British cousin, let us know about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One the fun fallouts of producing our Toronto subway buttons is hearing how people use their buttons. One lady bought a pack of station buttons that were wheelchair accessible &#8212; her son was disabled and had recently passed on, and this was her way of remembering him on a tiny level. 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