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Photos in the genre of Grant Hutchinson’s Splorp.com

   (2006.09.07)
Opened doors, blocked off with green tape, lead to a dark interior and sit under a sign reading Air-treated separate
   (2006.09.06)

No, you probably wouldn’t want to swim on a day like this. Parasail, sure.

Overcast beachfront scene has empty lifeguard station alongside a red flag and a collapsed parasail
   (2006.09.05)
Four squiggles of neon-orange spraypaint on curved clear plastic roof
   (2006.09.04)
Workman sits on top edge of pink-insulation-covered wall at construction site

(Q.v.; q.q.v.)

   (2006.09.03)
Grey concrete walls demarcate the edges of adjacent plots of land in a subdivision
   (2006.09.01)

All these years later, I retain Sciroccist tendencies.

Rear third of a Silver late-’80s Scirocco against red-brick wall

If you have to ask, you can’t be my friend.

   (2006.08.31)
Rear window of slate-grey Toyota Matrix shows long stalks of green grass
   (2006.08.20)
Four bright-orange pylons draped with yellow CAUTION tape surround a shiny black pole
   (2006.08.07)
Appliqué on driveway in front of red rollup door shows a Road Runner–like mascot in a fire helmet driving on a road running through a four-leaf clover. Two of the leaves read YONGE ST. and GROSVENOR ST. Legend reads PUMPER 314 RUNNING THE STRIP SINCE 1871

There is, in fact, no “strip” between Yonge and Grosvenor to “run.” The two streets intersect. (And hats off to you if you are one of the few Torontonians who can pronounce “Grosvenor.”)

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