On Sunday, December 13, please join us for the Virtual City Walk - Toronto’s Tallest Buildings. All of the buildings that have been the tallest in Toronto, from 1906 to the present day, still exist. We will visit them all, as well as some other interesting locations downtown.
We have done this as a real walk several times. I thought it would be interesting to do as a virtual walk, as we will be able to see things that we cannot see on an actual walk.
The initial portion of the walk, including all of the tallest buildings up the present, is about 6 Km. Including buildings under construction, walk is about 14 Km. The Ride with GPS route is https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34831510
The Zoom video conference will start at 9:45 AM on Sunday, and we will begin the virtual walk at about 10:10 AM. Join us before the beginning of the walk to have a get-together with other TBN members, if you like. Typically, the virtual walks last until 11:00 or 11:30. Feel free to drop out, join, or rejoin us at any time. We can also have a group chat at the end, if anyone is interested.
If you are not already on my Virtual City Walk email list, please send an email to citywalks@tbn.ca letting me know who you are, and asking to be added the list. If you are on the list, I will email you the link to join the Zoom conference (probably by Saturday evening).
(Please note that I have been experiencing some difficulty sending emails, so if I have trouble emailing the Zoom information, I will post it on the website, in the Calendar announcement.)
When you connect, you will be placed in the “waiting room”, and I will then admit you to the actual video conference. If you are late joining us, get dropped and rejoin, or have any other problem getting in, I may not notice you in the “waiting room”, so please:
- message my cell at 416-917-8866, if that is not successful,
- call my cell at 416-917-8866, if that is not successful,
- call my home at 905-881-9259,
and I will let you into the video conference.
Zoom allows you to control your microphone and camera. You can mute your microphone so that no one can hear you, and you can start or stop your video feed, so that people can either see you or not. I will initially let everyone control their own microphone, so we can have discussions, but if there are too many people, or if it gets too chaotic, I will mute all microphones. Zoom also includes a chat feature which allows you to send text messages to everyone in the conference, or privately to one other individual. Zoom is very easy to use, but you might want to download the free app before the meeting, and play with it a bit to get used to using it.
If you have any questions, email me at citywalks@tbn.ca.
John Burdett - City Walks Coordinator
