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......

Photo by Jon . Torontoist loves a good stroll. In these late summer days, one of the more favourable strolling options is Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market. Provided you bring an ability to control your breathing against many an olfactory assault and sport a well-prepared munching arm, Kensington has also been deemed the prime venue to get your snack-on in Toronto. And so, with our noses prepared, a spring in our step, and a......

Those Pedestrian Sundays folk are back this weekend (July 15), and this time they're taking over Baldwin Village. Nestled on the edge of Chinatown, the area was once the home of Jewish immigrants, American draft dodgers and a myriad of other international settlers to Toronto. It is now well known for its diverse restaurants—especially to the U of T students who live in inexpensive apartments nearby. Baldwin Street will be shut down from Henry......

Come and join Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market this weekend by celebrating the sun and the recent summer solstice. Join the Guerrilla Gourmet and "Brook the Cook" for a special summer street picnic. Ten dollars buys you a share in their "three course carbon free meal," featuring the season's local organic ingredients all cooked using Brook's amazing "grill," which focuses the sun's rays to heat the cookware (shown above). The picnic begins at 4......

Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington market, more commonly known as P.S.Kensington, kicks off its fourth year this Sunday, May 27th. Several streets will be closed to vehicular traffic, allowing pedestrians to celebrate the community, culture, and ecology of this great neighbourhood. This Sunday’s grand opening celebrates Spring, which will include several food demonstrations, piñatas for the kids, and a maypole for the adults. There will also be a community debate about wi-fi and its effects on......

So, late tomorrow afternoon when you wake up all hungover from Halloween partying in the apartments directly above beside and across from Torontoist's (or perhaps as early as noon if you have small children or are that one guy who didn't see the flyers) please try to remember that the weekend is not over yet. Why? 'Cause after tomorrow, Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington will be. (Over, that is.) That's right. Not only are the clocks......

This weekend was brought to you by Kensington and the number 5. Okay, we made up the bit about the number 5, but Kensington was the august August weekend theme. From a long and endearing piece about Kensington kids in the Sunday Star to Pedestrian Sundays to Saturday Night in the market, Kensington was the word. So let's proceed with a short wrap up of the newly crazy Saturday Night scene. We began the......