Planners in Public Spaces (PiPS) is a series of events where Planners working in The City of Toronto get out and meet the community to explain exactly what it is they do, and to get feedback.
They had a Launch Event in Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday August 20 2013. A giant LEGO City was built, mostly by kids, but with a lot of involvement and encouragement from Grown-Ups hanging around the Square.
The Full Schedule
Thursday August 15, 2013 | 10am-4pm |
Inside the Scarborough Town Centre 300 Borough Drive, Scarborough |
Thursday August 15, 2013 | 10am-2:30pm |
North York Farmers' Market Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, North York |
Saturday August 17, 2013 | 1pm-5pm |
York-Eglinton International Street Festival 2013 Eglinton Ave W between Marlee Ave and Dufferin St |
Tuesday August 20, 2013 | 11am-3pm |
PiPS Launch Event: Building Neighbourhoods with LEGO Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto |
Thursday August 22, 2013 | 10am-2:30pm |
North York Farmers' Market Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, North York |
Thursday August 22, 2013 | 11am-3pm |
Runnymede TTC Subway Station 2218 Bloor Street West, Toronto |
Saturday August 24, 2013 | 12pm-6pm |
The Bridging Festival Under the Lawrence Avenue East Bridge, 4000 Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough |
Thursday August 29, 2013 | 10am-2:30pm |
North York Farmers' Market Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, North York |
Thursday August 29, 2013 | 11am-3pm |
Kipling TTC Subway Station 5247 Dundas Street West, Etobicoke |
Thursday September 5, 2013 | 10am-2:30pm |
North York Farmers' Market Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, North York |
Friday September 6, 2013 | 11am-3pm | Sherway Gardens, Etobicoke |
Wednesday September 11, 2013 | 3pm-7pm |
UTSC Farmers' Market UTSC’s outer parking lot #4 on Military Trail between Morningside and Ellesmere, Scarborough |
Thursday September 12, 2013 | 3pm – 7 pm |
Dufferin Grove Farmers' Market Dufferin Grove Park, 875 Dufferin Street, south of Bloor, Toronto |
Saturday September 14, 2013 | 8am - noon |
The Stop's Farmers' Market Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street at St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto |
Wednesday September 18, 2013 | 8am-3pm |
Nathan Phillips Square Farmers' Market 100 Queen Street West, Toronto |
Thursday September 19, 2013 | 3pm-7pm |
East Lynn Park Farmers' Market South side of Danforth Ave, just west of Woodbine Avenue |
Additional Links
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Planners (and lego) are coming Toronto's public spaces - Yonge Street Media, August 14 2013
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Toronto kicks off an initiative Tuesday called "Planners in Public Spaces," which recalls public storefronts planners used to operate across the city - Toronto Star, August 19 2013
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Toronto planning department to get residents’ feedback through 16 neighbourhood meetings - InsideTORONTO, August 13 2013