{"id":864,"date":"2006-06-10T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2006-06-10T16:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=864"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:42:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:42:50","slug":"pedestrian-picnics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/06\/10\/pedestrian-picnics\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Picnics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.meetup.com\/photos\/event\/1\/d\/e\/a\/event_187658.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily, you&#8217;d\u00a0think\u00a0one of the last places to have a picnic\u00a0would be\u00a0a gas station. Not so for the organizers of <a href=\"http:\/\/streetsareforpeople.org\/\">Streets are for Picnics<\/a>! On Sunday, June 11, at 4:00, the\u00a0organizers behind the popular <a href=\"http:\/\/1coop.ca\/pskensington\/\">Pedestrian Sundays<\/a> in Kensington will be\u00a0having a picnic\u00a0on the site of a former gas station at College and Rusholme\u00a0(just a bit west of Dovercourt).<\/p>\n<p>Kensington&#8217;s sons and daughters in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sambaelegua.com\/\">Samba Elegua<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/thenewkings.ca\/index.html?Gigs.htm~mainFrame\">New Kings<\/a> will begin performing around 8:00, finishing off with a collaboration with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardunderhill.com\/\">Richard Underhill<\/a> and the Kensington Horns. Rump-shaking fun for all!<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the the group:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To engage citizens and governments through creative and playful street actions.<\/li>\n<li>To demonstrate the absurdity of our auto addicted culture.<\/li>\n<li>To open dialogue about alternate visions for our city streets.<\/li>\n<li>To create and inspire collaborative projects which continue to push the agenda of a livable city and a sustainable future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ordinarily, you&#8217;d\u00a0think\u00a0one of the last places to have a picnic\u00a0would be\u00a0a gas station. Not so for the organizers of Streets are for Picnics! 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