RT @OpenStreetsTO If you missed #OpenStreetsTO Sunday, we're doing it again! Come down on Aug.31, 8-Noon. More info: http://t.co/mQ0YjeWz6E
— HïMY SYeD (@HiMYSYeD) August 18, 2014
Today's #OpenStreetsTO Pilot Project took off, reached escape velocity, and had everybody smiling right up until it officially ended at Noon
— HïMY SYeD (@HiMYSYeD) August 17, 2014
Each New Year’s Day Afternoon, The City of Toronto hosts it’s annual Levee, where members of the general public line up to get a turn at meeting and being greeted by the Mayor and members of City Council.
On a day when nearly everything else in the city is closed due to New Year’s, this was the only game in town. The only other game of note being the NHL Winter Classic down the road in Detroit, which everyone seemed to be following on their BlackBerries and other handhelds.
This being a Municipal Election year in Toronto, and the day before nominations officially open, I found numerous potential Mayoral and Council Candidates doing the rounds inside the Rotunda of Toronto City Hall.
Among City Council Wannabes wandering the Rotunda was one Al Gore, declared Mayoral Candidate. Oh really? “Al Gore”?
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The first weekend in May has quickly become known as Jane’s Walk weekend in cities the world over — named for Jane Jacobs, the late author, activist and urban theorist who died in Toronto in 2006.
Jane was a neighbour of mine, living a few blocks over in The Annex neighbourhood in downtown Toronto.
After she passed away, seeing the spontaneous outpouring of loss and remembrance, I wondered if anyone had created a book of condolence. No one had. I quickly bought a sketchbook. Made arrangements for it to be available for public signing in one her regular Annex restaurants. There, friends and strangers shared their memories and thoughts. I later forwarded the book to her family.