{"id":2131,"date":"2007-07-26T22:12:40","date_gmt":"2007-07-27T02:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2007-07-26T23:24:45","modified_gmt":"2007-07-27T03:24:45","slug":"pedestrian-friendly-gould-street-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/26\/pedestrian-friendly-gould-street-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian-Friendly Gould Street Design Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/46\/154019568_f85ca1c839.jpg\" alt=\"Gould Street, by Rannie Turingan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with the international <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/walk21\/\">Walk21 conference<\/a> being hosted by the City of Toronto in early October, Ryerson University is launching an international student competition to redesign Gould St. in downtown Toronto, to generate ideas for transforming it into a pedestrian haven.<\/p>\n<p>The entries will be featured to the public as part of the Walk21 conference, and the winners (who get monetary prizes) will be announced during the conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=&#038;q=Victoria+St+%26+Gould+St,+Toronto,+Toronto,+Ontario+M5B,+Canada&#038;sll=43.647737,-79.398386&#038;sspn=0.006754,0.01442&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;cd=1&#038;mpnum=0&#038;ll=43.658131,-79.380137&#038;spn=0.003376,0.00721&#038;t=h&#038;z=17&#038;iwloc=addr&#038;om=1\">Gould Street<\/a>, which goes through the heart of the Ryerson campus, is heavily used by pedestrians, and students have been calling for it to be made more pedestrian-friendly for a long time. The current attempt by Ryerson to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/231768\">get hold of the Sam the Record Man building<\/a> at the corner of Gould and Yonge adds a further range of possibilities to the idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/gouldcompetition\/\">Click here for full information about entering the competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/photojunkie.ca\">Rannie Turingan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conjunction with the international Walk21 conference being hosted by the City of Toronto in early October, Ryerson University is launching an international student competition to redesign Gould St. in downtown Toronto, to generate ideas for transforming it into a pedestrian haven. 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