App maps out tours of murals in Windsor and Detroit
CBC
Software company Parallel42 has created an app called MotorCityMurals.tours to help people explore street art in Windsor and Detroit.
The app allows people to take a self-guided tour of murals in the cities.
"We created this app [to] share the art in Windsor and Detroit with both communities," said Parallel42 owner Doug Sartori.
Sartori says he has catalogued 100 locations in Windsor and 50 in Detroit in the app. The murals are marked on the maps of Windsor and Detroit with icons. Once the user gives the app permission to access his or her location, the software draws a route from the user's location to whichever mural they have chosen.
Sartori says the free app contains pictures of the murals and information on their history, each piece's message and — where available — information on the artist.
The app lists murals in downtown Windsor and Detroit, as well as various other locations around Windsor such as Ford City.
"We wanted to make sure that everywhere that we're sending people, there is a good density of art to see and that you're not going to waste your time walking," said Sartori.
"Anything that brings people downtown for a unique experience that they can't get somewhere else are the things we're trying to promote," said DWBIA chair Chris MacLeod. "It's really cool it tells you something about the artist and the piece of work and when it was done. And it's a great walking tour, great opportunity to get out downtown and we hope that while you're downtown you'll spend a little bit of time in one of our shops or restaurants."
The map is still a work in progress — Sartori hopes to add more mural locations in the future, and says he's open to having users send in suggested additions.
More than a month after the deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, stories of bravery during the tragedy are being shared.
Just over six months after the University of Prince Edward Island's medical program began, the dean of the faculty says things are “going wonderfully.”
One person has been found dead after a large fire gutted a home in Mississauga on Monday night, officials say.
The Northwest Territories government says it has found elevated levels of lead in drinking water at the Chief Jimmy Bruneau school in Behchokǫ̀.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree faced pointed questions Tuesday about why the federal government has deported one Iranian official, despite longstanding concerns about how the regime operates in Canada and abroad.
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and search warrants were executed on a number of properties including the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek, former councillor Sean Chu and sitting councillor Andre Chabot.
Toronto police say they are creating a counter-terrorism unit and a specialized task force that will see officers with semi-automatic rifles stationed at key locations in the city.
ATCO Ltd. says it's taking a 40 per cent ownership stake in the company building the Grays Bay Road and Port project.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has no plans to change how judges are appointed in Canada despite four premiers writing to Prime Minister Mark Carney to ask for more of a say in the process.
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and at least one current and one former Calgary city councillor, as well as a business were subject to search warrants executed last week, CBC News has learned.
Ontario’s education minister is telling school boards to ensure their upcoming graduation ceremonies don’t express any “political views” or “engage in divisive or contentious issues of any kind,” according to an internal memo obtained by CBC News.
A new daily non-stop flight between Charlottetown and Montreal is set to begin this summer.
The Crown has dropped mischief charges for a second time against a London, Ont., doctor accused of spraying ketchup on the office of a local MP during a 2024 protest.