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Saturday, May 17, 2008 --- 69 days ago http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=14cf84f5cb146d5d6ba0ee45f90ba604
Photo of Shamez Amlani by Yvonne Bambrick .
Restaurateur, bike activist, and petanque enthusiast, Shamez Amlani is the most recognizable member of Streets are for People! , the organizing force behind Pedestrian Sundays Kensington . Amlani is a seriously playful advocate for car-free attitudes. Since the group's first parking meter party in 2002, Pedestrian Sundays and other car-free statements have become a downtown tradition.
Torontoist spoke with Amlani over an espresso at La Palette , the French bistro he co-owns, where he shared his views on retrofitting the cityscape, the cultural mix that is Kensington Market, and how to deal with The Man.
Torontoist: What led you and the other Streets are for People! members to found the group, and how would you describe what you do—activism, lobbying, insurrection?
Shamez Amlani: We were sort of accidentally founded. I had this idea of doing something good for the world, and the idea was right over here in front of the restaurant: feeding the meter, and through that technicality, taking back some of those parking spots. It was just a one-off event. After that we put this vague idea out there to imagine a car-free neighbourhood. That was five years ago. We worked with different groups and got the official permit to close one block of Augusta Street for World Carfree Day that September. After that there were deputations at City Hall, and we did some su ... |
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