Take a photo of a street. It could be anything really, from anywhere: an artistic element you like in Barcelona, a creative use of curbside in Corktown, an interesting design concept in Edmonton. The City of Toronto’s Complete Streets Project – in partnership with Spacing – wants it.
The Complete Streets Photo Contest, launched this week, is crowd-sourcing the ways people interact with streets in their day-to-day life. Accessible across myriad online platforms – website submissions, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and e-mail – the contest hopes to get anyone who’s ever been to Toronto discussing what makes streets accessible, functional and inviting for those who use them. In short, how can Toronto’s streets become more complete?
“We’re trying to make our city better,” says Adam Popper, the Complete Streets project manager. “We want to engage people who think about urban design, how a city is designed and used already. We hope to engage all Torontonians, not just the ‘urban geeks,’ he says. “Basically, anyone who uses streets and has a smartphone.”
There will be prizes awarded to the first, second, and third place finishers in three categories, as decided by a combination of judges and public participation. First prize gets a decorative personalized City of Toronto street sign along with prizes from Spacing. Second place winners receive a Spacing Store gift certificate along with a subscription to the magazine and third prize is a one-year subscription.
DEADLINE: October 31, 2015
For more information visit the contest website.
