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Archive for November 2005

   (2005.11.29)
Chalk drawing on sidewalk has peach background and shows a dialogue box reading ‘Want to double your salary?’ with two buttons, No and Monster.ca
   (2005.11.28)

The old correct Palatino (or is this Aldus?) is still a delight all these decades later, ain’t she?

Blue wooden blade suspended between two white posts reads ST. CLEMENTS/YONGE PARKETTE in Palatino, with City of Toronto logotypes on a green blade below
   (2005.11.25)
Two blue Toronto garbage trucks – one with a round end, the other squared-off with V-shaped roof – loom behind a wire fence
   (2005.11.24)

Sometimes you can make things look oranger than orange.

Giant orange woodchipper sits parked behind metal fence, in front of which stands a sunlit reflective sign reading SPEED BUMP
   (2005.11.21)

The new mayor-elect of Vancouver is a quadriplegic in a power chair

   (2005.11.20)

The rare Merkur XR4Ti (“Marecoor Eksratty”) was a rear-wheel-drive sports coupé whose European design (also manufacture) was ahead of its time. I adored these goddamned quarter windows and double spoilers from the moment I saw them.

Blue car has an angled-forward rear quarter window and two stacked spoilers attached to the rear window

Besides, Armin Tamzarian drives one.

   (2005.11.20)
Deep-blue van has sky-blue airbrushed script letters reading Van Winkle (and SIGNAGE below in sky-blue Eras)
   (2005.11.20)

Do you want your kids spending time in a playground with a blackletter sign?

Green sign with undulating edges reads McCleary Playground in blackletter and CITY OF TORONTO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION in Helvetica Condensed
   (2005.11.19)
Vintage studio television camera is rectangular with a protruding round lens and CHANNEL 9 TORONTO COLOR written on coloured bands on the side

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