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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌇 🪶 In partnership with the Orange Shirt Society & led by the CN Tower, The Bentway Skate Trail and Canada Malting Silos will be lit orange in honoring Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sep 30 from 7-9:30 PM. ⁠ ⁠ #OrangeShirtDay #TruthandReconciliation
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Sunglasses At Night … a fashion show under the Gardiner Expressway (The Bentway, Toronto).
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The new Under Gardiner Gateways at the Bentway.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#IdeasAtWork Public Trust is presented by @thebentway.bsky.social in partnership with The Waterfront BIA and in collaboration with the Toronto Public Library and Harbourfront Centre Tuesday, September 15, 2026 6:00pm–7:30pm Fort York Cc: @planningtoronto.bsky.social #TOpoli
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I'm looking forward to being in conversation with Paul Ramirez Jonas as we celebrate the Canadian premiere of Public Trust, presented by The Bentway, and kicking off at the Fort York Branch of the Toronto Public Library on September 15 as part of "Celebrate Democracy." We'll talk about Paul's terrific body of work, and the possibilities that emerge when everyday acts of exchange become opportunities to imagine new social contracts.
Tickets are going quickly, so get one while you can.
It's a fantastic opportunity to hear from this brilliant artist.
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Join us on September 15, or catch Public Trust at one of its multiple stops along the way.
With gratitude to Sarah Yaffe, Nan Davies, and the entire Fort York Branch Team!
Public Trust is presented by The Bentway in partnership with the The Waterfront BIA and in collaboration with the Toronto Public Library and Harbourfront Centre
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Explore Toronto’s waterfront! 🌊 Jane’s Walk: Reconnecting the City to the Lake Tuesday, September 1st at 4:30pm Join O2 Planning & Design for a free walk exploring Toronto’s waterfront! Open to the public—RSVP below help us spread the word! 👇 reconnectingthecitytothelake.eventbrite.com
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Reconnecting the City to the Lake
Join O2 Planning and Design for a Jane’s Walk exploring Downtown Toronto’s evolving relationship with the waterfront.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Under the Gardiner was roaring with laughter, Dino cries, and commotion today as we held our August Dino Run. Stay tuned for September 19th for our next Dino Run hosted by Dino Run TO at the Bentway Skate Trail. thebentway.ca/event/dino-r... #Kids #Youth #PhysicalActivity
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🛼 Skate & save at The Bentway! 👯 5+ skaters: 20% off rentals — no booking/code required ☀️ Sat 1–4 PM: 20% off your 2nd rental 👨‍👩‍👧 Sun: 50% off up to 2 youth rentals with 1 full-price adult rental Planning a 15+ person skate party? events@thebentway.ca #TheBentway #TorontoSkating
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@summerworksfun.bsky.social joined us today at the Bentway Studio to chat with our programming team. It’s always brighter during Summer Works season! 💛🌅
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
How serious are the promises we make to one another, the vows we take, or the pledges made by our civic leaders? ⁠ Canadian premiere of Paul Ramírez Jonas’ Public Trust transforms thousands of personal promises into a city-wide public artwork this September. thebentway.ca/news/the-ben...
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The Bentway Launches a City-Wide Invitation to Give Your Word with Public Trust - The Bentway
Canadian premiere of Paul Ramírez Jonas' Public Trust transforms thousands of personal promises into a city-wide public artwork exploring trust, democracy and civic participation ahead of the 2026 mun...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🎨❄️Meet our 2026–27 Transform the Trail artist, Odudu Umoessien. The Bentway is thrilled to announce that Nigerian-Canadian designer and artist Odudu Umoessien has been selected to lead the return of Transform the Trail this winter. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/the-be...
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A cool announcement during a hot summer at the Bentway We are pleased to announce Nigerian-Canadian designer and artist Odudu Umoessien as the selected artist for the return of Transform the Trail du...
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Josh Rosen @joshdraws.com · 02/07/2026
Later this summer! I’m very excited to get to be part of the team running workshops at @thebentway.bsky.social again. August 25th, we’re going to be doing drawing games and being silly and having a lot of fun.
An advertisement for Josh’s Bentway Art Socials night, August 25th. Featuring a cartoon bluejay and a cartoon soccer ball facing off in a silly character battle
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In a new op-ed, The Bentway CEO Ilana Altman advocates Canada must recognize hybrid infrastructure as its own asset class, supporting mobility, climate resilience, public space, culture, community well-being, and economic growth together. Read the full piece: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: How infrastructure can help build Canada’s next identity
These projects, if approached holistically and with multiple uses and functions in mind, can become national symbols of progress
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Nasim Adab @nasim6fr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Reimagining the space under the Gardiner through new art installations by Anahita Akhavan and Stanzie Tooth. An informative walk and artist talk organized by @thebentway.bsky.social explored how these works transform the space into a place for gathering, reflection, and connection to nature.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Toronto, get ready! ⚽️🏆️⁠ ⁠ This summer, The Bentway and Fort York National Historic Site transform into an central hub for FIFA Fan Festival™, a city-wide celebration of FIFA World Cup 2026™, which runs from June 11 to July 19, 2026. ⁠ Read about the full program here: thebentway.ca/news/the-ben...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A daylight savings PJ skate? Say less! ⁠ ⁠ Join us to celebrate our last day on the ice ⛸️ Show up in your jammies to enjoy complimentary coffee and one last glide around the Trail! ⁠ 📆Sunday, March 8th⁠ ⏰️11-12pm* Skate Trail will be open for regular hours from 12-9pm ⁠ ⁠ 📸Mila Bright Zlatanovic⁠
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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Creative Communities Commons welcomes The Bentway's Ilana Altman to share how TO's Gardiner has become a bold platform for public life & how artists embed as city-builders – working alongside planners, engineers, policymakers & communities ow.ly/VLh750YfEQo
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Join us on March 31 for a free panel discussion on our latest report, Cool by Design: The Power of Shade! Co-presented by The Bentway and DIALOG Special thanks to School of Cities, University of Toronto ⁠ 📆March 31, 4-6pm 📸 Matthew Monteith
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🎉SURPRISE🎉We're extending our winter skating season!⁠ ⁠ Winter isn't going away yet, so why should our Skate Trail? Due to continued chilly temps and your ongoing support and zeal for skating, the Skate Trail will be open until Sunday, March 8th ⛸️⁠ 📸 Mila Bright Zlatanovic
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Are you an artist or designer interested in submitting an application for our Transform the Trail program? Don't forget to register for our info session this Thursday! ⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ January 15⁠ ⏰️ 6pm EST⁠ ⁠ Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Starting today, Billy Bishop free rental Thursdays are back! ⁠ ⁠ Every Thursday evening, come down to the trail and enjoy free skate rentals thanks to @bbishopairport ⛸️⁠ ⁠ 🗓️Jan 8 - Feb 12⁠ ⏰️Available from 5-8pm⁠ ⁠ 📸 Mila Bright Zlatanovic
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📢 Transform the Trail returns next year! The Bentway is inviting an artistic collaborator to create a temporary, site-specific public artwork that will animate our iconic figure-eight skate loop under the Gardiner during our Winter 2026/27 season. Learn more: thebentway.ca/news/call-fo...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
There’s still time to register for Bentway After School, a "minds-on" youth program for curious and creative kids ages 9-14! 📆2 cohorts: Jan 6 - Feb 3 or Feb 10 - Mar 10⁠ ⏰️Tuesdays, 4:00–5:30pm⁠⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Learn more and register: ⁠ thebentway.ca/event/bentwa... 📸 Mila Bright Zlatanovic
Group of kids skating on an outdoor ice rink under the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto. Two young girls with their arms linked together lead the group.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Explore the power of urban murals at this free public talk on November 20th, hosted by The Bentway and the Creative Communities Commons at U of T. 🏙️ 🎨 🗓️ Thursday, November 20 🕗 4:00pm – 6:00pm eventbrite.ca/e/con… 📸 Photo #1: Eddie Einbender-Luks 📸 Photo #2: Mila Bright Zlatanovic.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The Bentway’s presence is growing westward with Exhibition Place! 🚧 Learn more about Petal and Stone at the link in our bio! 📹 : ASHOP Productions & Sky Analytics #PetalandStoneTO #TheBentway #WeAreExPlace #MyExPlace365 #ExhibitionPlace
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Something big is blooming between The Bentway and Exhibition Place... 🎨 👀 Stay tuned for an announcement this week! 📸 : ASHOP Productions #PetalandStoneTO #TheBentway #WeAreExPlace #MyExPlace365 #ExhibitionPlace
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Bentway is thrilled to be participating in Art Toronto’s 2025 Platform Talk: City Building Culture! 🗓️ Sunday, 26 October 🕗 2:30pm - 3:30pm 📍 Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building, 255 Front St W, Toronto. Learn more here: arttoronto.ca/home/ 📸 Photo by: Samuel Engelking
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
SOLAR⁠ by Italian artist Quayola and commissioned in partnership with Videocittà! 🗓️ October 16-19⁠ 🕗 7:30pm - 10:30pm⁠ 📍 The Bentway at Strachan Gate⁠ Learn more or purchase your Skip-The-Line tickets at the link in our bio!⁠ #SOLARto ⁠
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
TONIGHT! A Lake Story continues to make waves Nuit Blanche Toronto! 🛶 🎥 ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ October 4 ⁠ 🕗 7:00pm – 7:00am⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 📍 Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage ⁠ Filmed and Edited by Andrew Williamson ⁠ Original Score by Mitchell Akiyama ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🖼 Photo by Andrew Williamson ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #ALakeStoryTO ⁠
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It’s the ulti-mutt fall celebration: Howl’oween at The Bentway! 🐶 🎃 🗓️ October 25, 2025 🕗 12:00pm – 4:00pm 📍 The Bentway, Skate Trail 💲 Pay What You Choose $5/$10/$15/$20 Learn more and pre-register your pup at the link in bio!
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A Lake Story by Melissa McGill 🛶 Witness a procession of over 100 canoes moving in unison across Toronto’s eastern Waterfront! 🖼 Photos by: Andrew Williamson
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
On September 27 & 28, audiences are invited to celebrate the shoreline with A Lake Story, created by artist Melissa McGill. Read our tips and valuable information on how to best enjoy the performance at the link in our bio! ⁠
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A Lake Story is paddling over to Nuit Blanche Toronto! 🛶 🎥 Enjoy a documentary chronicling the project’s creative journey, and honour the community partners, paddlers, and artists who brought this story to life. Learn more at the link in bio!
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Lake Ontario’s colour story across the sky and water 🌱💧 ⁠ ⁠ In creating A Lake Story, lead artist Melissa McGill invited Jason Logan of the Toronto Ink Company to develop this natural color story. ⁠ 🖼 Photos #1, & #2 by: Andrew Williamson ⁠ 🖼 Photos #3, #4, & #5 by: Melissa McGill ⁠
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Join us for Beautiful Native Plants, an introduction to the features, functions, and possibilities of Bentway Staging Grounds through this eco workshops presented with Toronto and Region Conservation Authority! 🌼 🗓️ September 13 ⁠ 🕗 1:00 - 2:30 pm ⁠ www.eventbrite.ca/e/beautiful-...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
From October 16-19, a mesmerizing encounter with light transforms the Gardiner into a glowing horizon 🌅 SOLAR by Italian artist Quayola performs a spectacle of sunset by merging the sun’s rhythms with digital choreography to create an immersive experience of light and motion. bit.ly/solar-skip-t...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We are so excited to announce Petal and Stone, a new 10,000 sq ft public art project premiering in late October, designed by Canadian artist Rebecca Munce and presented in partnership with Exhibition Place! thebentway.ca/news/the-ben...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🛶 We are thrilled to announce A Lake Story, a new commission by artist Melissa McGill! Join us Sep 27 & 28 to witness a procession of over 100 canoes moving in unison across Toronto’s eastern Waterfront, reflecting Lake Ontario’s colour story across the sky and water. thebentway.ca/news/the-ben...
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The Bentway 'takes to the water' this September - The Bentway
Join the massive canoe procession: 500 Volunteers invited to bring an unprecedented artwork to life, and co-create with renowned artist Melissa McGill.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
💡Our new Under Gardiner Lighting Project is set to brighten the intersection crossings under the Gardiner Expressway, starting with a bold new lighting project at Dan Leckie Way! thebentway.ca/news/a-brigh...
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A brighter future under the Gardiner Expressway - The Bentway
The Bentway is teaming up with Light Bureau (Norway), CityPlace and Fort York BIA, the Waterfront BIA and the City of Toronto to brighten intersections under the Gardiner Expressway, starting with a b...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🏗️ The Unfinished City is a new after-school program for students in grades 4–8, starting September 2025!⁠ Designed for curious and creative minds aged 9–14, The Unfinished City invites young urbanists to explore the past, present, and possible futures of Toronto. thebentway.ca/news/the-unf...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
As the city gets hotter, where do you go to keep cool? Cool Spots is a community-based map that crowdsources your knowledge about the coolest spots in the city. Each pin represents a public, free, and accessible spot to find shade. Find and submit Cool Spots here: thebentway.ca/news/cool-sp...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
8 dancers. 50 singers. 580 tonnes of sand.⁠ ⁠ Join us from June 12-15 for the world premier of Sand Flight, presented in partnership with Toronto Dance Theatre and featuring Viva Singers Toronto! www.eventbrite.ca/e/sand-fligh...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Rain or shine, the party is on! We’ll be dancing under the Gardiner no matter the forecast—it’s the perfect place to stay dry and keep the vibes high. Embrace the weather and dress warmly for the night; a little drizzle just means more reason to dance off that rainy-day cabin fever!
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
See you this Friday from 7pm-11pm 🌞 Enjoy food trucks and bar service, dance the night away with our DJs and stunning host, and be the first to experience our striking new exhibition of public art, Sun/Shade! We can't wait to celebrate the start of summer with all our friends and neighbours 💛
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Game on, Toronto ⚽ We are so excited to share that we have been named as a host site for Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival, coming Summer 2026! Learn more here: thebentway.ca/news/the-ben...
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We are thrilled to announce our 2025 summer season ☀️⁠⁠ We’re going to bring the heat – and cool – with a free public art exhibition titled Sun/Shade, a never-before-seen urban sand dune performance, a mobile forest travelling the city, roller skate parties, and more.⁠⁠ thebentway.ca/news/sun-and...
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Sun & Shade take centre stage at The Bentway this summer  - The Bentway
The Bentway’s summer 2025 programming explores sun as a creative collaborator, shade as a new essential resource, and brings back visitor-favourites like roller skating.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"It’s not about if the Gardiner stays or goes... It’s about what we’re going to do with this thing now that we have it." We joined City Space podcast @theglobeandmail.com to talk about the history & future of the Gardiner Expressway and the man who built it 🎧 www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/art...
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How Frederick G. Gardiner shaped modern Toronto, for better or worse
If you drive in Toronto you know the name ‘Gardiner’. The waterfront expressway was named after the man who dominated Toronto politics at a crucial point in its history
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Toronto Foundation @torontofdn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“Everyone is nervous about the times ahead, but underneath that is a common, even optimistic thread.” Hear more from our President and CEO, Sharon Avery and her thoughts on finding optimism in uncertain times. linkedin.com/pulse/moving-through-uncertainty-sharon-avery-9qtac/
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Moving through uncertainty
Someone recently said to me that the last time they felt this much looming uncertainty was mid-March 2020. No doubt we’re in for turbulent times and things could get worse before they get better.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Our friends @evergreencanada.bsky.social spoke to public health and environmental studies scholar @nadhahassen.bsky.social about the connection between public space and social connection. Check out the interview here: www.evergreen.ca/stories/nadh...
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Nadha Hassen: Feeling less alone is critical to our public health
To explore the link between public space and social connection, we spoke to someone at the forefront of the research.
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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Downtown view from the Bentway under the Gardiner Expressway in #Toronto. @thebentway.bsky.social
A colorful mural featuring blue and pink abstract designs is painted on the columns of a concrete overpass. In the background, the CN Tower and Toronto skyline are visible, with some snow on the ground under a partly cloudy sky.
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The Bentway @thebentway.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Hi! 👋 Today we released Rx For Social Connection, a report with partners Gehl and researchers from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health @uoft that reveals the essential role public spaces play in fostering mental health and social connections. thebentway.ca/publication/...
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Rx for Social Connection - The Bentway
What role can public space design and programming play in fostering connection and combating loneliness? The report Rx For Social Connection: Public space
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