{"id":11927,"date":"2012-07-03T15:18:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T18:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=11927"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:57:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:57:25","slug":"urban-planet-victorias-street-pianos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/07\/03\/urban-planet-victorias-street-pianos\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Victoria&#8217;s Street Pianos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?attachment_id=12013\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"bc-hawthorn02nw1\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/bc-hawthorn02nw1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Victoria, BC this month, two temporary street pianos will be installed at downtown intersections for pianists and passersby to tickle the ivories. The project was spearheaded by sixteen-year-old Alastair Kierulf who arranged the necessary permits. Kierulf&#8217;s project was inspired by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetpianos.com\/\">Play Me, I\u2019m Yours<\/a> project which has roots in Birmingham, England and will be travelling to Toronto this summer. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/victoria-in-tune-with-downtown-street-pianos-project\/article4384110\/?cmpid=rss1\">The Globe and Mail<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/victoria-in-tune-with-downtown-street-pianos-project\/article4384110\/?cmpid=rss1\">The Globe and Mail<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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In Victoria, BC this month, two temporary street pianos will be installed at downtown intersections for pianists and passersby<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/07\/03\/urban-planet-victorias-street-pianos\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: Victoria&#8217;s Street Pianos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[5487,4258,684,1060,1032,381,1174,652,464,1276],"class_list":["post-11927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-alastair-kierulf","tag-birmingham","tag-facebook","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-the-globe-and-mail","tag-toronto","tag-twitter","tag-united-kingdom","tag-urban-planet","tag-victoria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: Victoria&#039;s Street Pianos - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/07\/03\/urban-planet-victorias-street-pianos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: Victoria&#039;s Street Pianos - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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