The Plywood Man Argument

We showed you photos of the Urban Repair Squad's latest intervention in a post on Tuesday—wherein we firmly insisted that the future health of the region's transportation infrastructure hinges on the presence of two twelve-foot-tall plywood figures—but today we have a video for you! The clip is a "bit of a first," the URS tells us, in that "It was made collectively."

Sometimes, living in this city can be a heck of a lot of fun.

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I bought 30 or so neon orange Toronto City Works uniforms (with patches and everything) 10 years ago at a surplus store on Bloor in the Annex called 'Ends' for around $1 or $2 each. Hilarious pranks ensued around UofT campus. The URS folks should look into this.

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i like how they went out on bikes.
way to practice what you preach!

Well done, thanks for documenting this work.
It looks very professional, I hope there are more repairs planned in the next few months.

When there's good, relevant, witty, damage free work like this being done why do we also have to endure most of the vandalist column cheerleading of garbage that is none of the above?

This was top notch. Yet another reason why I love Toronto.

What was the song played?

According to the Urban Repair Squad blog, the song is "À bicyclette" by Laurent Voulzy. They posted the lyrics, too.

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