{"id":533,"date":"2010-08-26T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/?p=533"},"modified":"2014-05-30T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T07:56:55","slug":"pole-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/2010\/08\/26\/pole-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Pole position"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_534\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pole-Garrett-Jun10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-534\" title=\"Pole Garrett Jun10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pole-Garrett-Jun10-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pole-Garrett-Jun10-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.meganix.net\/pavement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pole-Garrett-Jun10.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Bradley L. Garrett<\/p><\/div>\n<p>How did workers know where to install street furniture before the invention of the downward squirting spraycan? Can you remember when pavements were <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> dotted with instructions for the placement of bus seats, pram ramps, traffic signs, trenches and power poles?<\/p>\n<p>London-based place hacker, <a href=\"http:\/\/placehacking.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley L. Garrett <\/a>sent this photo of promise and fulfilment. Congratulations to Brad for his geometrically artistic patience in waiting for the precise alignment of the shadow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did workers know where to install street furniture before the invention of the downward squirting spraycan? Can you remember when pavements were not dotted with instructions for the placement of bus seats, pram ramps, traffic signs, trenches and power poles? London-based place hacker, Bradley L. 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