We found this on page 194 of Postsecret: The caption reads: “I hate billboards so much I have started to vandalize them.” The billboard in question is a CBS sign located at King East and River Street, here.
Support comes from the public as well. On Queen Street West, a passing cyclist hears Mr. Tabello talking about billboards and stops to congratulate him on his efforts. “Commercial activity or captivity?” by Susan Krashinsky, The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2008 We covered the Fauxreel sellout issue before, namely in Fauxreel Sold Out For [...]
March 1, 2009, at John and Adelaide Street West:
Today’s Moment of Zen: Transit Television Network, which is owned by Toronto-based Torstar Corporation, and which operates video screens inside public transit vehicles in Atlanta (photo, above), Los Angeles, Chicago, Orlando and Milwaukee, has decided to cease operations. Rather than filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which would allow Transit TV to continue to operate under [...]
IllegalSigns.ca is a team of volunteers who fight illegal billboards and this is our blog. Half the billboards in Toronto are illegal - help us bring the vast, unlawful privatization of our public visual environment to an end.
