{"id":82,"date":"2005-08-03T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T14:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=82"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:20:13","slug":"spying-on-gated-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/03\/spying-on-gated-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Spying on Gated Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michelle.kasprzak.ca\/vplatform.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A group called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heavytrash.blogspot.com\/\">Heavy Trash<\/a> has installed &#8220;viewing platforms&#8221; on the edges of gated communities in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Trash is &#8220;an anonymous arts organization of architects, designers and urban planners&#8221;. Their blog extensively documents their viewing platform project, which aims to stimulate dialogue about urban issues.  Their blog also has some excellent information about gated communities, and instructions on how to build your own viewing platform.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/archinect.com\/news\/article.php?id=18267_0_24_0_M\">archinect<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceandculture.org\/\">Space and Culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group called Heavy Trash has installed &#8220;viewing platforms&#8221; on the edges of gated communities in Los Angeles. Heavy Trash is &#8220;an anonymous arts organization of architects, designers and urban planners&#8221;. Their blog extensively documents their viewing platform project, which aims to stimulate dialogue about urban issues. Their blog also has some excellent information about<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/03\/spying-on-gated-communities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Spying on Gated Communities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21757,18],"tags":[459,25,460,21],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication","category-neighbourhoods","tag-heavy-trash","tag-intervention","tag-los-angeles","tag-other-cities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spying on Gated Communities - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/08\/03\/spying-on-gated-communities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spying on Gated Communities - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group called Heavy Trash has installed &#8220;viewing platforms&#8221; on the edges of gated communities in Los Angeles. 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