{"id":63283,"date":"2021-02-25T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T13:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=63283"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:15:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T14:15:57","slug":"reid-yes-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2021\/02\/25\/reid-yes-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"REID: Yes exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dylan<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the kind of thing that has always hung out at the edge of our urban consciousness, that we used to occasionally notice and find irritating, but not often enough to actually do something about it. The sign says \u201cNo Exit\u201d \u2013 but if you\u2019re on foot, or sometimes on a bike, there actually is an exit. And maybe it leads to a shorter route, or somewhere you actually want to go, or somewhere worth exploring.<\/p>\n

Since the pandemic and its various lockdowns kicked in, many of us in Toronto have been folded back into our neighbourhood by unemployment or working from home, forced to get our exercise by local walks and, in the process, deepen our knowledge of the streets and passageways that extend from where we live. And as we walk, we\u2019ve realized in so many ways that the city has not been designed and, more specifically, signed<\/em> for travelling on foot.<\/p>\n

It makes a difference, too \u2013 if you are exploring new areas around your home, is this a street you can walk down to get somewhere, or not?<\/p>\n

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And I get to a street – Burnhill – and I’m about to take it, but then I see this sign. ‘No Exit’. Well, that’s not going to work.<\/p>\n

I turn back around, but North doesn’t look very promising (lots of towers) and I’ve already been South. I know sometimes these signs aren’t 7\/ pic.twitter.com\/t6duKgMzJD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vex: the very model of a modern major gender role! (@The_Terroirist) September 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n