{"id":2327,"date":"2007-09-26T17:28:01","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T21:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2327"},"modified":"2007-09-26T21:40:57","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T01:40:57","slug":"walk21-community-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/09\/26\/walk21-community-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk21 Community Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/inconduit.com\/gal\/sep_19_2007\/col1732.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/walk21\/index.htm\">Walk21<\/a>, 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/walk21\/program.htm#events\">interesting sessions<\/a>, but unfortunately it is out of reach for most citizens &#8212; the conference is mainly aimed at professionals, and the registration fees are prohibitive.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, to encourage citizen involvement, the City of Toronto has helped to  encourage a whole series of community events around the conference, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/walk21\/specialevents.htm\">special events<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/walk21\/preconference.htm\">pre-conference workshops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The special events include:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Walking Life<\/strong> &#8212; a art exhibition themed around walking that opened in early September. There is one more week to see it: it is open 12-5 every day on the 3rd floor of the Gladstone Hotel, until Wednesday October 3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicspace.ca\/s2s-ccp.htm#ccp-walk\"><strong>Streets to Screens<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; a set of films about walking, showing Tuesday Oct. 2 at 7:00 pm at the Bloor Cinema, sponsored by the Toronto Public Space Committee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=2319\"><strong>The Great Queen Street Psychogeographic Walk<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; a walk along Queen Street from Roncesvalles to the RC Harris Filtration Plant, starting Sunday Sept. 30 at 2:00 pm at at the Queen, King and Roncesvalles intersection, sponsored by <em>Spacing<\/em> magazine and the Toronto Psychogeography Society.<\/p>\n<p>You can also warm up to the walking theme by taking part in Nuit Blanche on the night of Sept. 29 and the Sept. 30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pskensington.ca\/\">Pedestrian Sunday<\/a> in Kensington Market.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are also a whole series of workshops being prepared around the conference, several of which are open to the public. Here are three that I am planning to attend:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Our Streets &#8212; inserting oneself into the municipal process<\/strong>: a discussion for the everyday person on how to bring pedestrian change to their neighbourhood.  Sponsored by TCAT, featuring Paul Bedford, the former Director of Planning for the City of Toronto; Janice Etter, a citizen activist who will talk about the campaign that led to the ban on new drive-thrus; and Paul Hess, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography\/Program in Planning at the University of Toronto.<br \/>\nSunday September 30, 1:00 p.m. &#8212; 3:00 p.m.<br \/>\nCecil Street Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Getting out of the Box: An Introduction to Cultural Revolution<\/strong> and<strong> The Anatomy of Pedestrian Zones<\/strong> &#8212; a lively presentation followed by panel discussion, by Streets are for People!<br \/>\nMonday October 1, 4:00 p.m. &#8212; 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\nMetro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 302n<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc<strong>Re-Imagining Our Streets&#8217; Design Charette<\/strong>, sponsored by Streets are for People (taking place right after Streets to Screens, above).<br \/>\nTuesday October 2nd &#8212; 9pm to Midnight<br \/>\nTranzac Club &#8212; 292 Brunswick<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, even without attending the conference, there are plenty of events to get citizens thinking about walking and working for a better pedestrian city.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/inconduit.com\/\">Adam Krawesky<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walk21, the annual international conference on all things walking and pedestrian, is taking place in Toronto next week (Oct. 1-4). 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