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December 11, 2006

Imagining a future for FFR

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'Pick a letter, any letter. Who needs a Woodward's W when every important corporation in town can have its very own letter? Scrabble, anyone?' Les lettres pour tous les entreprises du monde, comme Woodward's à Vancouver!

[A few weeks back I asked readers of this blog to send in ideas for ways in which the FFR sign could be preserved, reused or even recycled. Anything but carted off to some anonymous scrapyard to rust away. The response was, er, a tad mute, so I have embarked on a series of fanciful imaginings as to how the sign might continue to grace our skyline - albeit not on the roof of ADM's mill. Here's the first one.]

December 18, 2006

Imagining a future for FFR - II

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A proposal for the world's largest compass. La plus grande boussole du monde.

December 19, 2006

Imagining a future for FFR - III

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With a little modification, the FFR sign could stay put, and find new life as a weather indicator for the city. L'ensigne FFR - comme un météorologue pour Montréal.

December 20, 2006

Imagining a future for FFR - IV

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A fabulous new art installation for the Beaudry Métro station in Montréal's hip-and-happening Gay Village.
Un nouveau piece d'art industriel pour la station de métro Beaudry au village gai de Montréal.

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