{"id":1334,"date":"2006-11-16T23:42:46","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T03:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2006-11-17T15:09:32","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T19:09:32","slug":"lecture-on-the-new-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/11\/16\/lecture-on-the-new-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture on &#8220;The New Landscape&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uofttix.ca\/img\/180.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Hume <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_PrintFriendly&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1163588588001&#038;call_pageid=971358637177\">profiles local landscape architect Janet Rosenberg<\/a> in the <em>Star<\/em> today. She says interesting things about the difficulty of creating attractive, original public spaces in Toronto.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Take HtO, for example, the &#8220;urban beach&#8221; at the foot of John St. at Queens Quay W. her firm designed three years ago &#8230; From the start, Rosenberg has fought against the safety tyrants who rule Toronto: The sandbox almost had to go; some years ago a razorblade was found at Cherry Beach. The terraces almost had to go; someone could fall into the water and drown. The umbrellas almost had to go; someone might climb up and hurt themselves. The slope of the terraces almost had to go; if they were too steep someone could trip and scrape a knee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Janet Rosenberg will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uofttix.ca\/view.php?id=180\">lecture on the New Landscape<\/a> this Friday, November 17, at 8 p.m. at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Hume profiles local landscape architect Janet Rosenberg in the Star today. She says interesting things about the difficulty of creating attractive, original public spaces in Toronto. 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