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Preparations for Toronto's Nuit Blanche art festival are underway, with artists and city staff beginning installation work on Friday afternoon ahead of the event scheduled for Saturday. This includes setting up electronic panels and hanging large paper installations in areas like Old City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-03, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Artists and city staff were already preparing for Nuit Blanche on a Friday evening, ahead of the event's start on Saturday. They installed electronic panels and hung large paper artworks in the areas surrounding Old City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, setting up installations that would become part of the overnight art festival. The preparations began even before sunset, highlighting the scale and importance of this annual cultural event in downtown Toronto.

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Artists and city staff were busy Friday afternoon installing electronic panels and hanging long strings of paper creations for installations around Old City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square.

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Nuit Blanche business started even before the sun began to set on Saturday. asserted

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Artists and city staff were busy Friday afternoon installing electronic panels and hanging long strings of paper creations for installations around Old City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. asserted

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Nuit Blanche preparations are underway downtown

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