Global Convenience

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Global Convenience was a temporary public art installation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Created by artists Trevor Wheatley and Cosmo Dean of TF Dean Studio Inc. with the production company Puncture, it imitated a corner convenience store and was built on a floating dock in the Harbour Square Park Basin on Lake Ontario. Waterfront Toronto commissioned it for its Floating Public Art program, and it was timed to coincide with Toronto's role as a host city of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The store was installed in the basin on 12 June 2026. It was meant to be seen from the shore, and its shelves were stocked with products from several countries. Solar power kept its signs lit after dark. Its realism drew crowds and attention on social media, and because visitors could not go inside, it was nicknamed the "Inconvenience Store". Some people tried to reach it by water; in June 2026, a man who swam out to the installation became stranded on its dock and had to be rescued. It closed on 5 October 2026...

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