Toronto is celebrating its Biennial of Art this year from September 21 to December 1. The mission is to make contemporary art accessible to everyone. A ten-week event every two years, the Biennial commissions artists to create new works for a city-wide exhibition in dialogue with Toronto’s diverse local contexts. More info is available at https://torontobiennial.org/.
(Note that the start location has changed since this walk was first scheduled). Meet at about 10:00 AM at Dundas West subway station (main entrance, street level). Dundas West station is on Line 2 Bloor-Danforth. We will begin the walk at 10:10 sharp.
We will walk about 10 Km, and will see a number of exhibits that are part of the Toronto Biennial of Art. We may go in for a brief visit to some of the free exhibits, but will spend most of our time walking. If people are interested in what they see and want to spend more time, they can return to the exhibits on their own at a later date. The route includes a couple of washroom stops, and a coffee stop around the middle. We will end up back at Union Station, where there are restaurants and a food court for a snack or a meal, as well as public washrooms.
The walk will be entirely on city streets, so please wear shoes or boots appropriate for the weather.
There are currently no scheduled subway outages for this date, but please check https://www.ttc.ca/service-advisories/subway-service#e=0 in case there are any changes.
Points of interest and early exits along the way (revised Monday, November 11) include:
- 0.0 Km – Dundas West Station (Line 2 Bloor-Danforth) (start of walk)
- 0.8 Km – Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Auto Building, 158 Sterling Road, 9th Floor (all-gender washroom)
- 3.4 Km – Billboard at Abell Street and Queen Street West, 48 Abell St
- 3.6 Km – 32 Lisgar Street & Park (washroom)
- 4.8 Km – Coffee and washroom stop (Caldense Bakery, Nova Era Bakery, Sugar Daddy Doughnuts)
- from 4.8 to 7.7 Km we will be on Dundas West allowing early exit to Dundas streetcars with 8 to 12minute service)
- 5.0 Km – Ossington Ave (early exit to buses, approximately 10 minute service)
- 6.2 Km – Bathurst St (early exit to streetcars, approximately 10 minute service)
- 6.9 Km – Spadina Ave (early exit to buses, approximately 5 minute service)
- 7.4 Km – Art Gallery of Ontario (paid admission, we will not go inside)
- 8.1 Km – University (early exit to Osgoode Station)
- 8.8 Km – Simcoe and Front St (early exit, 300 m walk to Union Station)
- 9.7 Km – Power Plant Art Gallery
- 10.6 Km – Union Station (end of walk, access to subway, restaurants and food court)
The route (revised Monday, November 11) is available on Ride with GPS at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49087037.
We are accepting Guest registrations.
If you have not registered for the walk, you may NOT join the walk.
If you have registered but can't attend, log in, click on "Already registered", then cancel.
REMINDER: A mask and hand sanitizer are recommended.
If you have trouble finding us at the start, please call my cell at 416-917-8866. If I don't answer, try again, as I may miss the first call.
For more information check the TBN website under PROGRAMS - FALL/WINTER - CITY WALKS (https://tbn.ca/programs/fallwinter/citywalks) for a description of the City Walk program. If you have any questions, email me at citywalks@tbn.ca.
John Burdett - City Walk Coordinator
