Manchester and NYC: A Walk in two Quays
5 May, Brooklyn, 10am
This Sunday, The Walk Exchange will join the Loiterer’s Resistance Movement (LRM), England’s longest running group dedicated to psychogeography, for a simultaneous wander in New York City and Manchester, UK. Since 2006, The LRM has been gathering the first Sunday of every month for “some kind of communal wander, public dérive, or drift”; in May we will join them. Starting at two different quays, Salford Quays and Quay Tower in Brooklyn Heights, the walks will explore the different riverfronts, while looking to “uncover hidden histories and discover the extraordinary in the mundane” and engage with pertinent questions about urban development, rights of access and ways of changing our engagement with the urban landscape. Connected through a shared WhatsApp Group, the walk will consider the things that connect us at a distance while also digging in to the particularities of our local walking experience.
The walk is free and open to all. We will be deciding the route together and will work as a collective to make the walk accessible to everyone who joins.
Date: 5 May
Starting Location NYC: Quay Tower, Brooklyn Heights, New York City (50 Bridge Park Dr, Brooklyn, NY 11201)
Time: 10 AM, EDT
Length: 90-120 minutes.
Cost: Free!
For More Information: blakemwalks@gmail.com
Future Walks (2024)
Stay tuned for future exchanges with Walkspace in Birmingham, Soundwalk 2 with the Demolition Project (this time exploring the sounds of London), and a simultaneous walk joining the Loiterer’s Resistance Movement in Manchester as part of their First Sunday Walks. We also have plans for mycology walks and more as the Walk Exchange calendar continues to grow.
If you have questions about access/accommodation please don’t hesitate to message walkexchange@gmail.com. We strive to make our walks as accessible as possible.