02: Summer-Fall 2004
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Enjoy getting lost in your own city
I like to walk around the city. Since I moved here four years ago, I have wanted to find out what lies beyond each street or park. Not knowing about the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Extreme walking
I'm sore today, my body jolting me with pain when I make demands of it. Sandy and I went parkouring yesterday, on the first day that deserved to be...
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The gender roles of walking
One day this winter, concerned women taped fluorescent orange flyers to lampposts on my street. The flyers warned of a rapist lurking in the area. They...
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The invisible touch
When most of us go for a walk, we walk with the privilege of sight. It is a privilege that not everyone walks with. For Randy Firth, head of...
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Willowdale’s secret socialbility
Second only to Scarberia in Toronto's pantheon of suburban derision, North York is synonymous with goofball boosterism (North York City!)...
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Stealing glances
Sometimes I feel an urgent need to get out of Toronto, and this is one of those times. The strain does not come from difficult friendships or celebrity...
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Bloor West passage
At Bloor West just east of Symington, a new public walkway between a three-storey condominium and the Rankin apartment buildings provides an attractive...
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Engraving moments and people
A quiet crowd had gathered. The curious pedestrians chose to walk in slow circles around the pole, not wanting to resume their hurried quests for warmth...
By Matthew Blackett