Walking
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New article by Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit, whose wonderful book Wanderlust I would recommend to any psychogeographer or public space enthusiast, has just posted a great article on...
By Michelle Kasprzak -
CP24 — Everywhere, even the sidewalk
I like CP24. It’s a useful channel, and does some good local features. I can even imagine that in rare instances, for a breaking news story on a...
By Dylan Reid -
Oh Canada
Dominion Day Weekend was spent in dear Windsor, a most American of a hometown that tends to hide in cars and behind air-conditioned walls to escape the...
By Shawn Micallef -
Walking Philosophy
Pedestrians will take the shortest available route where they need to go. And there’s really no reason why they shouldn’t be able...
By Dylan Reid -
Billboards in the city
Today’s Globe and Mail has an article about video billboards and the effect they have on drivers. From Dr. Gridlock’s column today...
By Matthew Blackett -
EUCAN’T! Megabins are dead!
Yesterday, it became official: the mega-bins are dead. The city planned to leave the existing bins and allow advertising for the next few years until the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public space in the news today
There are a whack of articles in the Star today that relate to public space issues: City councillors gave general approval yesterday for city staff to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto, measured in feet
Nicholas Hune-Brown and J. Graham Lee write in the Toronto Star about measuring the space of the city and its sprawl by walking across it. Should be a...
By Chris Hardwicke -
PS Kensington on Sunday
Tomorrow is the second Pedestrian Sunday Kensington of the year. It starts at 1pm and goes to 7pm (and Augusta is closed to 10pm). Spacing will be there...
By Matthew Blackett -
Kudos: Pedestrian Countdown Conversion
We give the City a lot of grief, often for good reason, so I think it is important to acknowledge when the City does something well. Recently, the city...
By Dylan Reid -
Under Bathurst Bridge
In the most recent issue of Spacing, David Fontaine wrote about the view of Fort York from under the Bathurst Street Bridge, the closest approximation of...
By Dylan Reid -
Montreal Considers a Pedestrian Charter
The City of Montreal is considering adopting a Pedestrian Charter (Toronto was the first North American city to adopt one, in 2002). Unlike...
By Dylan Reid