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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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  • The Great Queen Street Psychogeographic Walk

    On Sunday September 30th Spacing Magazine and the Toronto Psychogeography Society present the Great Queen Street Psychogeographic Walk, part of the run up...

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  • Mid-Week Headlines

    MATADOR CLUB: • Is it closing time for the Matador? [ Toronto Star ] • 43 years of history vs. 20 parking spots [ Toronto Star ] MISSISSAUGA...

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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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  • Carfreedom!

    The Sierra Club of Canada is hosting the City of Toronto’s 2007 Car Free Day celebration on Yonge Street and Yonge-Dundas Square on Thursday...

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  • New York to get naked (streets)

    NEW YORK — In a city where pedestrian traffic rivals that of the vehicular congestion it’s not uncommon for the mass of walkers to spill out...

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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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