http://illegalsigns.ca Tracking Toronto's Outdoor Advertising Industry Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:55:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today’s post is by Carolyn Tripp who previously interviewed Jordan in May 2009. Jordan Seiler and the many participants of New York Street Advertising Takeover (NYSAT, a sister project of PublicAdCampaign) have completed yet another round of murals on top of the illegally posted billboards on the island of Manhattan in ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2010/02/26/new-york-street-advertising-takeover-2-interview-with-jordan-seiler/ Frances Nunziata leaving Council Chambers, without voting, dressed in her coat and scarf.  (She's the short, white-haired one holding the file folder.) Councillors milling about, looking towards Councillor Nunziata, waiting for the 23rd vote to make the day's proceedings official. This morning we sent this release to the City Hall Press Gallery: For ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2010/02/24/councillor-frances-nunziata-deliberately-tries-to-break-quorum-to-prevent-confirmatory-bill-from-passing-after-variance-investigation-passes/ We have succeeded in having an illegal Pattison 10'x20' ground sign removed from the Public Storage facility at Ossington and Dupont Street. We took a look at this property and others on Dupont Street in Street Study: Dupont Street. There used to be two billboards along the Ossington Street frontage. This ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2010/02/23/illegal-billbaord-removed-from-ossington-and-dupont/ The record shows, that "the game of 'Monopoly' was first played from 1920 to 1932 on various college campuses by a small group of individuals, many of whom were related by blood or marriage. It is true that Darrow, in his correspondence with Parker Brothers, claimed to have invented the game ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/12/17/thefunniestthing/ It was a fantastic day at City Council and someday we should let you know the inside scoop of how a rag tag team of public space and arts activists beat a murder of high priced billboard lobbyists and convinced City Council to adopt the Buildings Departments' recommendations to adopt ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/12/07/city-council-adopts-billboard-tax-and-comprehensive-new-signs-by-law/ Last week, City Council put off the Sign By-Law and Billboard Tax debate until 10am Monday morning while it considered other business. In the meantime, City Council's public gallery was packed with billboard lobbyists and activists. From time to time, City Councillors would chat with members of the public as well ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/12/06/councillor-karen-stintz-laughs-it-up-with-fou-billboard-lobbyists/ So it's about time the billboard industry read the writing on the wall instead of putting it there without a permit. Follow the debate on Twitter at #TOCouncil and view the live video feed at Rogerstv.com. http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/12/02/city-council-to-consider-signs-by-law-on-friday-between-10am-and-sundown/ Yesterday City Council debated the new Signs By-Law and Billboard Tax for about 4 hours until the debate was adjourned to deal with ice rink time allocation. The best place to follow what is happening is at the #TOCouncil hashtag on Twitter, where we will be contributing updates. We expect the ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/12/02/city-council-to-resume-debate-on-signs-by-law-this-afternoon-or-friday/ How fitting. We have discovered that the Out of Home Marketing Association is using illegal billboards to promote CityBillboardTax.ca. For example, take this Titan Outdoor vinyl fascia sign at 76 Church Street: We filed a complaint against this sign in late 2003. In June 2006, this permit to paint a mural sign ... http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/12/01/billboard-industry-uses-illegal-billboards-to-promote-citybillboardtaxca/ This morning, City Council approved the order paper for this meeting of City Council. Due to the large number of people expect to turn out, it was agreed that the Signs By-Law and Billboard Tax would be debated at a set time: 9:30 tomorrow morning. See you in council chambers. http://illegalsigns.ca/2009/11/30/city-council-debate-on-signs-by-law-and-billboard-tax-scheduled-for-930-tuesday-morning/