WHEN: Tonight! starting at 7pm
WHERE: Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District
DJs: DJ trio Track Meet
HOW MUCH: $10 gets you into the site, plus food • CASH BAR
DRESS CODE: look nice!
RSVP: feel free to RSVP or share the Facebook event listing
Dear Torontonians,
The Festival of Architecture and Design is here again, and the folks at ERA Architects, Spacing Magazine, Toronto Society of Architects, Wireless Toronto, and [murmur] are throwing the fourth annual Toronto the Good party to celebrate Toronto.
This year, Toronto The Good wants attendees to explore an idea: planners, architects, developers, and interested residents from around the world are using a new tool — the urban centre — to educate the public and debate local development issues. Cities such as London, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco have a place for the masses to come and learn about how their metropolis has grown and where it is headed.
Does Toronto need a similar centre? If so, what should it do and where should it be located? At the event, we want you to talk to your friends and colleagues, and even strangers, about your thoughts on this topic.
The party’s programme includes the now traditional stickering of the Big Map of Toronto, the results of TSA’s annual poster design competition, the last of Ballenford Books’ Toronto postcard series, a public text message display created by Toronto Media Lab, background but danceable music by the DJ trio Track Meet, and other charming activities. Come out May 27th to have a drink with people who care about your city.
photo by Sam Javanrouh
2 comments
That was fun!
Three cheers for the organizers, hosts, and volunteers!
I attended the “Toronto the Good” party last night and have some helpful feedback.
Good:
Great space
Good food
Interesting posters
Not so good:
No quiet spaces for conversation. Music uniformly too loud throughout entire venue so there was nowhere you could go to talk. I ended up milling around and leaving after a short while. Recommend establishing a large area with reduced sound volume for next time.
No “there” there. While there were some limited displays (posters, photos, large map) and tables books, postcards and magazines for sale there was not much happening. I was hoping for a short speech or some sort of focus. Milling about and checking out a few displays and sales tables didn’t do it for me. I left after an hour.
Little chance for mixing. Unless you were willing to shout over the music to introduce yourself to someone there weren’t too many ways to get the conversational ball rolling. I’d recommend revamping the wall map (in a quiet area) to include comments so people could build on what others had written.
Alcohol only beverage stations. While my wife enjoyed a $2.50 glass of wine I was disappointed that my only non-alcohol option was water…for $2.50 I assume. How about some pop or juice options?
My takeaway – seemingly popular event – big crowd looking to combine club atmosphere with Spacing like vibe is in early stage of evolution.
Kudos for drawing a big crowd. Please continue to evolve event to encourage interaction and learning and work harder to add a “there” there.