Walking with the Current: A Sensorial Walk Along St George Street
Come listen and explore this neighborhood in creative ways using your senses as guide!
Holly Schmidt, the current Engineering Artist-in-Residence at the City of Vancouver has developed a sensorial walk for St. George Street between 5th Avenue and 8th Avenue. You can choose to listen to Holly guide you or you can download the pdf toolkit to do on your own.
* Walking with the Current Audio tour
THE MAP |
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LOCATION |
TITLE |
AUDIO LINK |
Intro | Welcome. Let's get started! | Introduction | ||
1 |
NW corner of 8th Avenue and St George Street |
Water is Life |
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2 |
West side of St. George Street between 8th Avenue and 7th Avenue |
Signal to Noise |
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3 |
SE corner of 7th Avenue and St. George Street |
Stones to Mountains |
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4 |
East side of St.George St. between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue |
Dynamic Flow |
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5 |
SW corner of 6th Avenue and St. George Street |
Water Underground |
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6 |
SW corner of 6th Avenue and St. George Street |
Seasonal Shades |
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7 |
NE corner of 5th Avenue and St. George Street *Note: New sign awaiting installation |
Drifting Away |
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8 |
NE corner of 5th Avenue and St. George Street |
Lingering Aftertaste |
Tell us what you experienced! Share an idea, thought, or photo of from your sensorial walk by emailing us at raincity@vancouver.ca.
* Walking with the Current Downloadable toolkit
To participate in the entire sensorial walk without the audio clips using a downloadable toolkit:
Using this toolkit and your five senses, you can experiences St. George Street in a new and unique way. The toolkit is made up of a series of creative exercises that you can do on your own or with your family. The walk takes about one hour, but you can also do parts of it at different times.
- Download the toolkit: https://vancouver.ca/files/cov/walking-with-current-stgeorges.pdf
- Go for a walk along St. George Street and follow the toolkit instructions
- Share your experiences with us by adding to the map tool or emailing us a raincity@vancouver.ca *