I came across this appropriation of a development notice a while ago and only just found the photo again. It was somewhere in downtown Toronto but I can’t remember where, and have no idea who committed this clever act of subversion (though suspect some of the people over at the public space committee or spacing might know something about it).

Not that I have anything against development. I guess I have something against the way it happens and the kinds of buildings that get built – and sometimes the kinds of buildings that get torn down to make it happen – but most of the time I’m just hoping the current building boom will last long enough for Toronto to get rid of a few more of the surface parking lots that still dot the downtown – one of the most offensive reminders of the ridiculous nature of development economics (since all of them would have had buildings on them, now long demolished because surface parking is so damn profitable).