Many city streets were decorated with banners (left and right) promoting the championships. The Festival of the World's (middle set of banners) which featured eight nights of **FREE** music, was well-attended, well-received and mosquito-free, so I'm told.
Downtown at Winston Churchill Square, there were various acts ranging from music to dancing to magic at the Telus stage. The Canada Tree was also exhibited in Winston Churchill Square. Sadly, its creator, Tyler Aspin, died on August 17, 2001.
Commemorative pins and World championship mascots: Tracker (red wolf) and Fielder (yellow bear).
An auction of World's stuff was held on September 15, 2001. I bought a set of pins, including a "100 days to go" pin (seen above), as well as some clothing. Items up for auction included lumber, power tools, VCRs, TVs, chairs, sofas, tables and massage tables, lamps, computers, costumes, boots and shoes, fleece vests, track suits, leather jackets, IAAF flags and "scrim" at a dollar per foot. Scrim refers to fence drapery as seen in the foreground in this picture. A second auction of office equipment was held on September 29 2001 at the World's headquarters but I skipped that one.
