A Space

Audio Walking Tour

Tour Guests: Artists Robert Bowers and Marion Lewis join the tour to tell you about the cultural climate in Toronto in the 1960s, McLuhan’s relationship to this artist-run gallery and coffee shop, as well as the impact McLuhan had on the artists who frequented A Space.

McLuhan connection: It was rare for an academic to frequent A Space, but Marshall had a particular fondness for art, the artist and the perspective that both contributed to our understanding of the world.

Directions: A Space has moved many times since it began. 17 St. Joseph Street was home to it’s first location. The red brick complex that begins at the cross section of St. Joseph and St. Nicholas is where it once was. We recommend that you take a seat across the street, listen to the mp3 and allow the story to transport you back to a bygone era in Toronto. Once the mp3 is finished, continuing walking west to Bay Street, cross Bay Street so that you find yourself at the northwest corner of St. Joseph and Bay, where you can begin the next mp3.