By Dylan Reid
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Walk21: Wayfinding
I have a particular interest in the idea of pedestrian maps, and co-created one for the now-finished Walking Life exhibition (I hope to post an electronic...
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Walk21: Public health and urban design
Today’s Walk21 post brings you some findings from a fascinating session on the relationship between public health and urban design as they affect...
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Walk21 reports: the business case for walking
There’s already been far more interesting stuff at the Walk21 conference than I can easily report, so I will just give a quick taste of some of the...
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October is Walking Month in Toronto. Really.
At a ceremony to open the Walk21 conference in Toronto on Monday night (Oct. 1), Mayor David Miller proclaimed October to be Walking Month under the...
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Walk21 appetizer
A quick reminder that there are several community events in the next couple of days related to the Walk21 conference starting this evening in Toronto. I...
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Winter cycling in Toronto vs. Copenhagen
I was at a meeting of cyclists last night when the topic of cycling in the winter came up. One person made a reference I have heard before: that in...
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Walk21 Community Events
Walk21, the annual international conference on all things walking and pedestrian, is taking place in Toronto next week (Oct. 1-4). The program is full of...
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Walking Art Party!
In conjunction with the “Walking Life” exhibit currently running at the Gladstone, there is a walking-art-making party taking place on Monday...
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Car-Free Day film night
WHAT: Screening of Contested Streets and panel discussion WHEN: South Riverdale Health Centre, 955 Queen St. East at Carlaw WHERE: Tuesday, September...
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“Walking Life” — exhibit opens this Sunday
Walking Life is a month-long exhibition, showcasing work created both by artists and community members, that celebrates the experience of walking. The...
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City destroys natural front garden
The National Post reported yesterday on how City of Toronto bylaw enforcement officers destroyed a homeowner’s carefully tended but wild-looking...
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Join “The Climb”
I recently met the Toronto-based artist Laura Nanni, who does a lot of work around the theme of walking in collaboration with Sorrel Muggridge, a British...