<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/574cb062-d365-402c-b410-3e09c56ac2d9/05E7D8CC-24F6-454F-B7A2-9413AB6380A3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://torontoist.com/2008/05/lawrence_of_ara.php" href="http://torontoist.com/2008/05/lawrence_of_ara.php" style="font-size: 11px;">torontoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://torontoist.com/2008/05/lawrence_of_ara.php"><H3 class="title">Lawrence of A-rack-ia</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://torontoist.com/2008/05/lawrence_of_ara.php">"someone has installed a new type of bike post along Yonge north of Lawrence,"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://torontoist.com/2008/05/lawrence_of_ara.php"> Inspired by a similar project in which psychiatric survivors <A href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/upfront.cfm?content=157812&archive=26,32,2007">designed bike stands</A> for the curb in front of the Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre (PARC), the <A href="http://www.yongelawrencevillage-bia.com/happening.asp?par=bikeart">Yonge Lawrence Village BIA commissioned</A> two of the artists behind that project, Phil Sarazen and Jack Gibney, to fashion sixteen pieces, each featuring "a different aspect of community living." 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