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Sit in the city: Toronto group crowdsources map of public seating

August 12, 2016

Ear­li­er this sum­mer, a group of young, urban-mind­ed Toron­to­ni­ans push­ing for bet­ter pub­lic seat­ing in the city staged a “sit-in” down­town, bring­ing portable chairs to places that lacked seat­ing. Now, they’ve part­nered with the Mar­tin Insti­tute of Pros­per­i­ty at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to to build a crowd­sourced map of the best – and worst – places to park your butt in the city. Read more.