{"id":63053,"date":"2021-01-01T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=63053"},"modified":"2020-12-31T17:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T22:22:31","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-052-public-realm-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2021\/01\/01\/podcast-spacing-radio-052-public-realm-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 052, Public Realm Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

We began 2020 with a bit of optimism<\/a> \u2014 how could we know? We had an episode about the public realm and its importance, and spoke to urban researcher\/writer Cara Chellew<\/a> about re-starting the Toronto Public Space Committee<\/a>. Well, public space became a crucial issue throughout this pandemic and battle for civil rights, and we asked Cara what her Public Realm Resolutions are for 2021.<\/p>\n

Staying with the public space theme, writer and artist Shari Kasman<\/a> tells us all about Bloordale Beach<\/a>: a barren, gravel lot where a school had recently stood that everyday people took upon themselves to transform into a “beach” for socially distant hangouts.<\/p>\n

Finally, a year after the first PlazaPOPS<\/a> experiment in activating strip mall parking lots as community space, we talk to “The Urban Geographer” Daniel Rotsztain<\/a> and landscape architect and Guelph University Assistant Professor Brendan Stewart<\/a> about the project, and their recently released report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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