Urban Repair Squad

It has just occurred to me that GOOD magazine, that I subscribe to, features the “reclaiming” of the urban city too. The last time they were talking about Urban Golf, this time around they featured the Urban Repair Squad. They are a group of cyclists in Toronto who decided to create their own bike lanes when the city decided not to.

They basically go around with stencils and paint and carve out bike lanes and unsuspecting drivers actually follow them. I suppose if anyone does it in Singapore, you’ll be caught for vandalizing instead!

Another group of people reclaimed the basement of a shopping mall as an apartment, check out their adventure!

Finally, some guerrilla gardeners…

One thing I realise about the “reclaimers” featured in GOOD is that they are people of our age and have a more progressive mindset. This is in contrast to the people we have talked to thus far, they don’t see their actions as some greater good that would culminate into a movment, but really just something they want to do