A Set of Informal Questions about London, Ontario

Posted by Justin on Thursday, August 18, 2011 · 6 Comments

We want to know about London, Ontario.

We’re doing an exhibition at Forest City Gallery, opening in September, and we’re looking into the wide range of narratives that go into constructing a place — the architecture, the headlines, the people, the memories, the relationships, the rumours — and we’re hoping you can help us out.

Whether you’re a longtime resident, someone who just moved in, or even if you’ve only ever visited London, Ontario, we want to hear about it all.

So, just fill out the form below, tell us some stories, and we’ll work with all of this for our exhibition.

Your name:

Your email address:

What's your favourite part of London?

Describe London in one word.

If you were Mayor of London, what would your first declaration be?

Name three streets that are important to you in London.

What's your earliest memory of London?

Invent a rumour about London.

What would you change about London if you had no financial or political constraints?

Name someone that you consider famous from London.

How often do you note that you are from London, Ontario rather than just London to avoid confusion about you exact location?

What is the best building in London?

What is the worst building in London?

Fill in the blank: London makes me want to ___________________.

Fill in the blank: Sometimes I wish the city was ___________________.

Fill in the blank: If only London had ______________, then things would be a lot better.

Fill in the blank: London is more of a(n) ________________ than a(n) ______________.

Fill in the blank: I really need London to know that ____________________.

List all of the things you just can't get enough of about London.

List all of the things you can't stand about London.

Make a wish for London.

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6 Responses to “A Set of Informal Questions about London, Ontario”

nik harron (@nikharron) (@nikharron) says:
August 18, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Fax them your 100 Ways Project. :-) RT @kvl: Hey #ldnont pay attention to this http://j.mp/pD7C7r /cc @late2game
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Kevin Van Lierop says:
August 18, 2011 at 6:23 pm
We looked at 100 ways to improve London, Ontario just over a year ago. Here were some of the responses:
http://www.kevinvanlierop.com/100-ways/
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Damon Muma says:
August 21, 2011 at 12:03 pm
There’s a lot to chew on in here.. when’s the deadline? And can we do answers to different questions separately?
Really looking forward to see what you come up with!
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Neil Hopkins (@interacter) (@interacter) says:
August 22, 2011 at 7:54 am
Interesting project -> A Set of Informal Questions about London, Ontario | Broken City Lab: http://t.co/rbyuaMI #ldnont
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Forest City Gallery (@ForestCityGlry) says:
August 25, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Tell @BrokenCityLab what you think about #LndOnt http://t.co/SvfwiSZ Contribute to their upcoming exhibition at FCG! #lndevents #fcgevents
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Forest City Gallery (@ForestCityGlry) (@ForestCityGlry) says:
August 28, 2011 at 3:30 pm
@MayorFontana tell us what you think about #LdnOnt http://t.co/Y6GJ3nD Be among the Londoners who are contributing to our next exhibition
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