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Stroll through New York City\u2019s Upper West Side and you will undoubtedly find yourself walking beneath a canvas entrance marquee. (Spacing senior editor Shawn Micallef wrote about this<\/a> back in 2008). Perhaps you\u2019ve huddled under one to take shelter from the rain. Or maybe you\u2019ve had to dodge the metal supporting posts while navigating crowded sidewalks, thick with pedestrian traffic.<\/p>\n

Canvas marquees\u00a0first appeared on New York City sidewalks in the late 19th century, historically intended to provide well-to-do apartment dwellers and hotel guests with protection from the elements while accessing carriages and cars. Extending from the building entrance to the sidewalk edge, these canopies allow covered access from doorway to roadway and define space surrounding the building entrance. Today, although most often connected to large, upscale residential buildings and swank hotels, canvas entrance marquees\u00a0can also be found on restaurants, nightclubs, and even take-out joints throughout the city.<\/p>\n

Canvas entrance marquees\u00a0are, as an urban artifact, \u201cvery New York\u201d. You\u2019ve seen them on television and in movies and while visiting the city.\u00a0 But in Toronto, such marquees are noticeably absent.<\/p>\n

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The Toronto Municipal Code pertaining to streets and sidewalks (Chapter 313) does permit the installation and maintenance of various building entrance encroachments, subject to approval. The Code requires that any canopy, awning, or marquee\u00a0not extend beyond 0.46 meters from the street curb to maintain space for car doors and mirrors and that the overhead clearance must reach a minimum of 3.1 meters. The type of support post used is also subject to tight restrictions; if the entrance marquee\u00a0requires supporting posts to meet the sidewalk, additional factors such as pedestrian flow and snow removal must be considered. As a result, canvas entrance marquees are essentially non-existent in Toronto.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany years ago, these marquees were a lot more common in Toronto,\u201d said Kyp Perikleous, Manager of Right of Way Management for the City of Toronto\u2019s Transportation Services. \u201cMore recently, people prefer a fixed awning. The maintenance level is much lower.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perikleous noted that the absence of entrance marquees in Toronto is a curious issue, less about streetscape structure and more about creating a sense of place. \u201cI\u2019m interested to know whether or not [the presence of entrance marquees] impacts the aesthetics of the neighborhood,\u201d Perikleous said.<\/p>\n

What impact do canvas entrance marquees really have on our Toronto streetscapes? Do these canopies simply provide shelter from the elements and define an entryway, or is their extension over the pedestrian right-of-way an encroachment into public space? Share your thoughts.<\/p>\n

Photo by Wall Gobetz<\/a> and Toronto Archives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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