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Walking behind buildings and beside puddles<\/p><\/div>\n

In the fall of 2011 C3 produced a series of four walking tours around Northampton, called Foot Notes. I was inspired to develop these walking tours after participating in a Sound Walk offered by Elastic City<\/a> at the Creative Time “Living as Form”<\/a> summit in NYC last September. I loved the simple idea of walking around with other people in an area and noticing what we noticed, together.\u00c2\u00a0 For me, it opened up a new way to seeing and experiencing space, and turned the usual solitary act of walking from one place to another into a collective adventure.<\/p>\n

Foot Notes was a way to intentionally explore Northampton, and to share new ways to seeing, interacting, and experiencing the spaces around us. With the help of the C3 Collective, we held four 90 minute walks in late fall of 2011- Secret Spots, Public Aesthetics Crawl, Sound Walk, and Follow the Leader. Each tour had a very different focus and feel, and presented new gems, challenges, and discoveries.<\/p>\n

Here is a little retrospective of the four tours, told through text and photos (click to enlarge!).\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned for more walks in the upcoming months!<\/p>\n

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– – – – – – – – – – – – <\u00c2\u00a0 Tour # 1<\/em> : SECRET SPOTS\u00c2\u00a0 > – – – – – – – – – – – – Sunday, November 13th<\/em> – – – – – –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-produced by Haley Morgan & Teal Van Dyck<\/p>\n

This first walk visited some of our favorite spots in Northampton, off of the beaten path. We have so many favorite hidden nooks and crannies in this town that it was hard to choose a few to show others! We went through alleys, down dirt paths, in the woods, behind buildings, into the shadows, and outside of our comfort zones. As a group, we felt bold! Unstoppable! This was a great walk to kick off the series.<\/p>\n\n\t\t