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Archive for November 2006

   (2006.11.14)
A wall of different rows of identical colourful cookie packages

(Mega.)

   (2006.11.13)

This dry cleaner’s, across from the Loblaws at Manning and Dupont, was abandoned over the spring. Guys in hazmat suits later cleaned the place out. (I thought I had a photo, but now I cannot find it.) It’s been up for lease, admittedly with an imperfect sign, ever since.

Mattress sits propped against plate-glass window labelled DRY CLEANERS 1 HOUR SERVICE in different fonts

Why is this not a Seatonbucks or a Suction Village?

   (2006.11.13)

In which I call for a Toronto Typographic Charter. (I suppose that is redundant with the post title)

   (2006.11.13)

Notes from a memorial celebration for Sid Adilman, 68, held 2006.11.12 in Toronto. (“Sid loved a public inquiry”)

   (2006.11.11)
Glowing orange sign behind metal bars reads OPEN in Brush Script capitals
   (2006.11.11)

The graphic-design band is, to coin a phrase, an ideal for living

   (2006.11.11)

Why does it take four months to get the results of a city-run public-opinion poll?

   (2006.11.09)

In which I launch a micropatronage drive to subsidize me while I raise money for an accessibility research project

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