Spacing Magazine is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Jane Jacobs Prize, and Spacing Radio has in depth interviews with this year’s recipients.
Leslie Chudnovsky has devoted 16 years to the Supporting Our Youth mentorship program, guiding LGBTQ+ youth, and providing support across the diverse community. Luke Anderson is the founder of StopGap.ca, a foundation which provides custom made ramps to make businesses more accessible, and educates people about the language of inclusion when we talk about accessibility. Chudnovsky and Anderson perfectly embody the spirit of the award, and it was a pleasure chatting with them.
Join us tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Urban Space Gallery (401 Richmond St. West) to help celebrate the recipients.
We also chat with Ev Delen of #SitTO, a tactical urbanist group creating awareness of the importance of places to sit in place-making.
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My understanding was that large cities removed benches from public spaces in their downtown areas so that homeless people would have no easy spots to sleep on. Part of their architecture of control, as it were. I assume Toronto did it for the same reason, which would mean that the lack of sitting space isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.