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So the wankers put the umbrella back up.
The way the beach umbrella was mounted before wasn’t adequate: It was strapped in a half-assed way to the pillar, requiring that the roof be removed, and presenting real safety problems in the high winds that we’ve been having. It was a PROBLEM. Acting quickly, the umbrella was removed, and as you can see, in short order it was re-installed in a much more sturdy and professional manner. PROBLEM SOLVED. After all, H&M was promised a branded beach umbrella- and there were contracts to uphold- money to be lost.
And those other PROBLEMS that the advertising pillar has with its secret life as a tourist information booth? Like the has-never-once-been-functional touch screen? Don’t worry. As you can see, they sent someone around right away to take care of that too. PROBLEM SOLVED. After all, Astral Media has a contract with the city- no, with the people of Toronto themselves- a sacred bond- to provide quality tourist information in exchange for being trusted with the privilege of exploiting our shared streetscape for personal profit.
Original work here.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
I think that, armed with the vigor of youth, a reusable stencil, and paint, one might be able to keep up with Astral. Unfortunately I live in San Francisco, where the city knows better than to try crap like this. Maybe your city will learn someday. Keep fighting the good fight–I want to move there for grad school.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Hmm. Also, my phone does this amazing letter transposition thing when you type too fast so I just accidentally commented with an illegitimate email. Doubt your spam filters will mind but just in case. Sorry.
October 8th, 2010 at 8:33 am
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