Walking
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Mapping the City
Sol Le Witt, ‘Map of Amsterdam without the Amstel River’, 1976, Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Mapping the City, a recent exhibition at the...
By Michelle Kasprzak -
Where should Toronto’s pedestrian mall be?
Last summer, I spent some time in Stockholm, Sweden with a few friends. We were attending a wedding of a friend, but scheduled a lot of time to wander the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Strolling on Yonge
This week’s stroll column in Eye Weekly had me wandering up and down the Yonge Street Strip, and was written before hearing about the closing of Sam...
By Shawn Micallef -
Walking from Pearson Airport
At the end of last year, Shawn Micallef posted about English author Will Self’s walk from JFK airport in New York into Manhattan. A surprising...
By Dylan Reid -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Take a walk on Toronto’s wild side, in good company [ Toronto Star ] • Plastic bag foes steal the show [ Toronto Star ] • Residents...
By Julie Yamin -
Let’s get talking: Toronto neighbourhoods and mental health
When: May 28, 7-8:30 pm Where: St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre, 230 The Esplanade Like a fingerprint, each neighbourhood has its own unique...
By Sarah Magwood -
Little box in the big city
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. In an effort to break into the urban market, big-box stores are learning to adapt to the big city, a trend that has yet to...
By Dale Duncan -
Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington this weekend
Help kick-off the first Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market this weekend. Show up anytime after 1pm on Sunday and stroll through streets empty of cars...
By Matthew Blackett -
Update on Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington and beyond
The successful Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays are expanding to other neighbourhoods this year. Both Baldwin Village and Mirvish Village (on Markham...
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Crosswalk as pedestrian memorial
We’ve just had our attention drawn to an ingenious project in Portugal to raise awareness of pedestrian safety. The zebra stripes of a pedestrian...
By Dylan Reid -
Hopscotching their way to Ottawa’s City Hall
In a city where streets form up to 35 percent of the public space (compared to Toronto’s 27.4 percent), Ottawa artists and city councilor Clive...
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Obsessing about sidewalk stamps
Spacing publisher Matthew Blackett has some serious infrastructure fetishes. He wrote about his obsession with sidewalk stamps in Spacing’s first...
By Spacing