{"id":21831,"date":"2013-07-02T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=21831"},"modified":"2013-06-25T12:53:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T19:53:43","slug":"video-vancouver-why-dont-we-do-it-in-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/07\/02\/video-vancouver-why-dont-we-do-it-in-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Vancouver: Why don&#8217;t we do it in the Road?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18200 alignnone\" alt=\"Video Vancouver\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/video-van_feature-VAN.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/46488387\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>A lyrical portrait of one of London\u2019s most peculiar tourist attractions &#8211; a humble pedestrian crossing in \u00a0St John\u2019s Wood. 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