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Chairs on Shaw

Posted by Tim / April 27, 2006

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apr2806_chairs.jpgA gathering of chairs has mysteriously appeared on Shaw St. between Queen and Argyle. They're all deliberately placed, curved around the trees in the middle of the street. There's a green marking spray-painted on each of the seats. The marking looks familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Anyone recognize it?

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nate / April 27, 2006 at 05:53 pm
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The symbol resembles a 45rpm record adapter snap-in insert. (see link for example)

<a href="http://www.imosh.com/NOVELTY/pages/A1864.htm";>http://www.imosh.com/NOVELTY/pages/A1864.htm<;/a>
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Christina / April 27, 2006 at 07:34 pm
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It's not the nuclear radiation symbol? Except I've never seen it in green before...
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Tanja / April 27, 2006 at 07:42 pm
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So why aren't we throwing a sitting party?
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chris / April 27, 2006 at 08:06 pm
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It's got an "isle of man" look to it, no?

although the isle of man goes counter-clockwise...

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/flags/im-flag.html
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james / May 3, 2006 at 07:03 pm
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I saw this piece early in the morning BEFORE some one ripped off these little tags that were attached to each chair. It had information about where each chair was found, when it was found, materials and estimated age. I think they really added to the overall impact, giving a personalized history of the individual chair.
The tags were from "the department of the property of everyone" or something like that. Did anyone get a shot of those?
Overall very cool. I hope we see more of this kind of work to stimulate the tiered masses.
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