Censorship.... the new normal

Edler said he first realized there would be problems when he was at the station working on the final touches of the piece just before Christmas and saw TTC officials type the word "f--k" on the control panel and take cellphone photographs of the words on the screens.

He said shortly after that he received an email from the TTC brass saying they weren't opening the installation to the public.

FWIW, that's a $500,000 taxpayer dollar artwork the TTC approved and paid for.