Urban decoder

July 2003

An alarming number of billboards and radio ads feature Leeza Gibbons gushing about the Backstreet Boys. What is she doing here? —Jorge Dos Santos, Bloor West Village

Posted on July 1, 2003

I’ve noticed the lights in the Bank of Montreal building flickering and switching off in odd patterns at night. Is it the work of some crazed janitor? —Brooke Desmond, The Beach

Posted on July 1, 2003