Street performers q&a at the Junction Arts festival
Each Tuesday, Spacing Montreal will share some posts from our sister blog, Spacing Toronto. We hope it will fuel constructive dialogue on the urban issues faced by both cities.
[murmur] launches in the Junction
Murmur recently announced the installation its seventh Toronto chapter, located in Toronto’s Junction. This west-end neighbourhood seems to be unknown to many Toronto residents, and the strong sense of history and community displayed by many of the Junction’s denizens truly gives it the sense of a village within a city. The Junction Arts Festival also took place last weekend- check out the website to learn more about the festival and the neighborhood.
Shawn Micallef announces the launch of N8R TXT, a project by Toronto artists Amos Latteier that allows participants to receive a haiku pertaining to their specific geographic location via text message.
Matthew Blackett takes a look at the changes undergone in Parkdale during the CNE- a fair on Toronto’s lake shore that attracts over one million visitors each summer. His post focuses particularly on the adverse effects of neighbourhood residents having license to charge for visitor parking on their front lawns.