Little library boxes (also called Little Free Libraries, book exchanges or book boxes) are popping up all over the world - and here in Greater Victoria, BC! They come in many shapes and sizes ranging from a small box with 1 shelf, to an entire converted phone booth.A Little Free … [Read more...]
Chalk, Dinosaurs, Tic-Tac-Toe, Bullseye’s oh my!
I was walking home from a long day at work wanting to just lay on the couch, in no mood to slow down and look around at my surroundings but in my peripheral vision what do I spy but some chalk work. So naturally I had to turn around and see what it said. The first picture was … [Read more...]
Fence painting as placemaking
It was a long grey-blue fence, the kind of blank, uniform surface that often gets tagged. And so it got tagged. Then one spring day a group of street artists approached the owner with an offer. Could they create something a little more interesting on his fence, something that … [Read more...]
Happy City
Can Victoria be a "Happy City?" Over 230 people gathered in the great social space of the Atrium building lobby on the evening of February 18 to hear author Charles Montgomery present on his popular book of urban observations, The Happy City. Montgomery was speaking as part … [Read more...]
The Appeal of a Mystery
I love a mystery - who doesn't? And so I find myself intrigued by a series of 'installations' by persons unknown (or at least unknown to me) that have been appearing recently around the Monterey Centre (in Oak Bay), behind that imaginary capitalist barrier called the Tweed … [Read more...]
