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Boarded up Bars in the Byward Market: Chateau Lafayette ("The Laff")

Title (Dublin Core)

Boarded up Bars in the Byward Market: Chateau Lafayette ("The Laff")

Description (Dublin Core)

Many establishments in the popular shopping, dining, and bar area of the Byward Market have boarded up their front windows with plywood to reduce the chance of robbery while they remain closed due to the pandemic and resulting restrictions of gatherings.
While some remain plain, or are painted black, other establishments chose to hire muralists to liven up the natural wood with images related to vibe of each bar.
The boards on the windows of the Chateau Lafayette, often called simply "the Laff" by locals, read "It's going to be OK./ We'll be back." A sentiment which at the beginning of the pandemic, in late March, was comforting but now seems overly optimist and distant.
photograph: Hope Gresser, mural: Marc Adornato
art, economy, culture

Date (Dublin Core)

May 27, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser,
Marc Adornato

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph
mural

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Boarded up business

Source (Dublin Core)

photo

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Art & Design
English Business & Industry
English Public Space
English Public Art

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

art
culture
economy
Byward Market
muralists
optimism

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

art
culture
economy
Byward Market
muralists
optimism

Collection (Dublin Core)

Hollywood is deserted and all boarded up
Covered Store Front
English Visual Arts

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Refugee advocates beseech bylaw to 'warn and inform' after man handed $880 fine

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/28/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

7 June 2020
06/07/2020
10/12/2020
3/5/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/28/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Canada

This item was submitted on May 28, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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