Northern Light
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I was looking for a spot to post the below; and couldn't find it, so this is a catch-all for info about/photos on any billboard in UT's area, or any policy affecting same.
I've placed this thread here as Billboards are 'structures', and so seem to fit this section of the forum best.
Now to the below.......I've known Dave Meslin, who some of you may be familiar with for a long time. Now most well known for his advocacy for electoral reform and other improvements to 'democratic systems'...
Dave and I first encountered one another during the early years of The Toronto Public Space Committee. Which, still exists, and has a web page here: https://www.publicspace.ca/
At any rate, one long time campaign has been to rid the City of illegal billboards (those without any valid permit) .
Below is his post to Facebook of a video showing 'intervention' involving two such billboards.
A still pic of the offending billboards, via Streetview:
This is Bathurst, just north of Davenport
The fascinating and lengthy tale of how we got to that video.....can be found here, at Spacing......... https://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/06/...YsOD5H2B_ldiLB5xiEuwT3nOKBPNn3ASKFrkLLn73O7SQ
As a note to the above.....Spacing, a favourite publication of many here, started as a project of the Public Space Committee........
I've placed this thread here as Billboards are 'structures', and so seem to fit this section of the forum best.
Now to the below.......I've known Dave Meslin, who some of you may be familiar with for a long time. Now most well known for his advocacy for electoral reform and other improvements to 'democratic systems'...
Dave and I first encountered one another during the early years of The Toronto Public Space Committee. Which, still exists, and has a web page here: https://www.publicspace.ca/
At any rate, one long time campaign has been to rid the City of illegal billboards (those without any valid permit) .
Below is his post to Facebook of a video showing 'intervention' involving two such billboards.
A still pic of the offending billboards, via Streetview:
This is Bathurst, just north of Davenport
The fascinating and lengthy tale of how we got to that video.....can be found here, at Spacing......... https://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/06/...YsOD5H2B_ldiLB5xiEuwT3nOKBPNn3ASKFrkLLn73O7SQ
As a note to the above.....Spacing, a favourite publication of many here, started as a project of the Public Space Committee........
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