{"product_id":"9781770562615","title":"Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the 'Toronto look'? Glass skyscrapers rise beside Victorian homes, and Brutalist apartment buildings often mark the edge of leafy ravines, creating a city of contrasts whose architectural look can only be defined by telling the story of how it came together and how it works, today, as an imperfect machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShawn Micallef has been examining Toronto’s streetscapes for a decade. His psychogeographic reportages, some of which have been featured in \u003cem\u003eEYE WEEKLY\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSpacing\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, situate Toronto's buildings and streets in living, breathing detail, and tell us about the people who use them; the ways, intended or otherwise, that they are being used; and how they are evolving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStroll\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates Toronto's details – some subtle, others grand – at the speed of walking and, in so doing, helps us to better get to know its many neighbourhoods, taking us from well-known spots like the CN Tower and Pearson Airport to the overlooked corners of Scarborough and all the way to the end of the Leslie Street Spit in Lake Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStroll\u003c\/em\u003e features thirty-two walks, a \u003cem\u003eflâneur\u003c\/em\u003e manifesto, a foreword by architecture critic John Bentley Mays and dozens of hand-drawn maps by Marlena Zuber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Shawn Micallef looks at the city in a way we all should more often – he sees it as a living book that is alive with stories just waiting to be told to the attentive observer. In \u003cem\u003eStroll\u003c\/em\u003e, he gives us an introduction to just how interesting and surprisingly dramatic those stories are, and how exciting our city is when we hear them.' – David Crombie, former mayor of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A smart and intimate guide to the city that makes you feel like an insider from start to finish.' – Douglas Coupland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStroll\u003c\/em\u003e is co-published with \u003cem\u003eEYE WEEKLY\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179261935856,"sku":"9781770562615","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770562615_p0.jpg?v=1763707467","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770562615","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}