October 6th, 2006
It was midnight — where was your candidate?
By Karen MacKenzie // 2 Comments
The addictive potential of last week's Nuit Blanche now leaves me in withdrawal. I polled candidates in wards 18, 19, 20, and 21, in hopes I could live vicariously through their tales of the all-night art party's witching hour.
Everyone who responded vowed to support the event for another year.
Himy Syed, a candidate running in Ward 19 Trinity-Spadina, had the most enthusiastic response by far (editor's disclaimer: Syed contributes to Spacing Photos regularly). At the witching hour, Syed was atop the CN Tower with a photoblogger crew. He posted a video log of his night travels as a voyeur and volunteer, and offered up the following suggestion:
Toronto NEEDs at least TWO such nuits a year.
Call the first one Nuit Rouge, have it just around the time of the spring solstice, March-ish.
Toronto would do well to have something grand to look forward to in the spring during each winter. Let's ditch Seasonal Affective Disorder and the winter blahs with a Nuit Rouge party.
It must remain FREE. Period. In Paris, their Nuit Blanche has zones with a theme. Last year, for example, one of Paris' Nuit Blanche zones was "Brazil," and people knew what to expect in that zone even if they didn't have a program or map at the ready.
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Imagine a 'caravan' of art zones, like the Caravan of Cultural Pavillions which Toronto is known for, and we'll be building upon the cosmopolitan strength of our city.
And everyone else:
Ward 18, Davenport
Councillor Adam Giambrone was someplace between the car washes, the pool party, and the galleries on Queen Street West.
Ward 19, Trinity-Spadina
Poor Nick Boragina was kept busy working on the event's security detail.
George Sawision was out somewhere "not playing politics."
Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina
Doug Lowry was exhausted from campaigning and conked out in bed.
Desmond Cole was parked at the Cloak and Dagger after cruising the fun in Trinity-Bellwoods.
Chris Ouellette was celebrating a friend's birthday after his Trinity-Bellwoods crawl.
Ward 21, St. Paul's
John Sewell was driving home from a performance of Soulpepper's King Lear.
Photo by Sam Javanrouh
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hi everybody yes I did attend the event at trinity park and then I was off to beverly and dundas.I think all the artists had their day and it definitely was not a night for "politics".Was wondering where joe pantalone was? Maybe he was under a tree somewhere wondering what all the fuss was about
regards and hope to see all again next year!!!
Councillor Shelley Carroll (Ward 33, Don Valley East) was spotted with her family around Queen and John earlier in the evening.
Comment by Jonathan
October 6, 2006 | 8:37 pm