{"id":640,"date":"2006-03-23T01:02:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T05:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=640"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:20:21","slug":"update-on-destoryed-sidewalk-carving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/03\/23\/update-on-destoryed-sidewalk-carving\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on destroyed sidewalk carving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/sidewalk_stone_carving.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A quick update on the sidewalk carving destroyed by City staff on Wednesday. James from <em>Broken Pencil<\/em> who originally tipped us off, says &#8220;I watched, at 9:30 this morning, as one City worker took out some sort of concrete grinder and proceeded to rip up the entire carved image. A huge cloud of dust was shot everywhere. All that remains now is a bunch of ugly scrape marks &#8212; the carving is completely, I repeat, completely gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It certainly is a shame this happened. The etchings are one of those things that stop you in your tracks &#8212; its so small, yet so very personal, in such a public and high-traffic part of town. And once you know the story behind the artist Tatoo [ see <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=637#comments\">post below<\/a>, with comments] it takes on an even more unique meaning.<\/p>\n<p>I will also add something obvious, but still worthy of noting: the thousands of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtabloggers.com\/\">blogs<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.photobloggers.org\/\">photoblogs<\/a> in this city highlight some of the wonderful minutia of Toronto, which in turn makes us feel a little more intimate and comfortable with our surroundings. The fact that so many people even <em>care<\/em> about such a small detail of our city is a perfect example of how emerging technology can enable positive community building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: City staff are saying that the carving was a &#8220;trip hazard.&#8221; The church where the carving is located near had been complaining about it for quite a while. Look for a piece on the carving in Friday&#8217;s newspapers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick update on the sidewalk carving destroyed by City staff on Wednesday. James from Broken Pencil who originally tipped us off, says &#8220;I watched, at 9:30 this morning, as one City worker took out some sort of concrete grinder and proceeded to rip up the entire carved image. 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