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Friday, May 29, 2009

Media One Idea for All Those P-I Boxes

Posted by on Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:06 PM

Planterboxes!

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(Sadly, I'm not handy enough to actually do this, but maybe someone will.)

 

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BombasticMO 1
Fair enough, it is really hard to fill things with dirt.
Posted by BombasticMO http://www.BombasticMo.com on May 29, 2009 at 12:10 PM
devilsmoke 2
Those flowers are definitely prettier than anything that might be in the Real Estate News currently.
Posted by devilsmoke on May 29, 2009 at 12:12 PM
mr. herriman 3
love it
Posted by mr. herriman on May 29, 2009 at 12:41 PM
4
Cigarette butts!
Posted by CommonKnowledge on May 29, 2009 at 12:44 PM
w7ngman 5
#1, comments like this make me wish we could upvote.
Posted by w7ngman http://userscripts.org/users/89370 on May 29, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Renton Mike 6
@1 I was thinking the same thing until I looked closer and noticed the wood box actually holding all that dirt.
Posted by Renton Mike on May 29, 2009 at 1:25 PM
7
testing
testing
Posted by td on May 29, 2009 at 1:56 PM
8
testing
Posted by sdf on May 29, 2009 at 1:57 PM
9
Until some drunkard comes by and closes the box...it's such a cute idea though!
Posted by Kateorade on May 29, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Carollani 10
Awww, that's precious!
Posted by Carollani http://twitter.com/carollani on May 29, 2009 at 2:17 PM
11
No place like Toronto to show you how it's done. Near Baldwin and Spadina, right?
Posted by demo kid http://www.effinunsound.com on May 29, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Fnarf 12
A drunkard couldn't close that box. A weightlifter couldn't close that box. Look again: there's a box in there.

Street boxes have always been an important part of street furniture, and it would tragic to lose them all. They are impromptu tables, desks, offices and chairs; in New York it's not unheard of to see people conducting million-dollar deals on top of them. Peaked boxes, like the old green trash bins, or topless ones, like the newer ones, are a sad impediment to street life.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on May 29, 2009 at 2:39 PM
w7ngman 13
#9, it looks like you could nail the box to the sides such that the door wouldn't move...
Posted by w7ngman http://userscripts.org/users/89370 on May 29, 2009 at 2:40 PM
14
put Fnarf in there and close the lid, please
Posted by Comments for No More Fnarf on May 29, 2009 at 3:32 PM
15
@11 You beat me to it, and your ability to pinpoint the location beat mine. I was going to guess Spadina, but didn't know the cross-street. I heart TO.
Posted by arts&letters on May 29, 2009 at 3:43 PM
16
@15: My favorite restaurant Chinese restaurant in Toronto is right across the street from where that picture was taken... :)
Posted by demo kid http://www.effinunsound.com on May 29, 2009 at 4:22 PM
17
Shouldn't those flowers be daisies?
Posted by oneway on May 29, 2009 at 5:28 PM
18
It has good drainage.
Posted by Pat on May 29, 2009 at 6:59 PM
19
it looks like garbage
Posted by which it is, after all... on May 30, 2009 at 10:32 AM
20
They make great wine coolers, however.
Posted by Red Red Wine on May 30, 2009 at 10:33 AM
tuesday harmony 21
Thanks, Torontonians, for pinpointing the location for me. I'm going to go check it out this afternoon.
Posted by tuesday harmony on May 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM

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