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Ghost Shoes (traffic Fatality Memorial)
Ghost shoes are a form of roadside memorial meant to commemorate a location where a pedestrian was killed in a Traffic fatalities, traffic collision. Ghost shoes consist of a pair or multiple pairs of white shoes being hung at eye level, often on a Street light, lamppost or Utility pole, telephone pole. Ghost shoes memorials may include flowers, and often include signs with the identity of the victim. Ghost shoes first appeared in Montreal in 2016. Since then, several of them, both in groups and as solo memorials, have been erected across the United States and Canada. Though there is no centralized organization overseeing either, ghost shoes are often related to ghost bikes, a form of memorial to cyclists killed in traffic collisions. Notable incidents 26 January 2016, Montreal, Montreal, Canada - On 7 January 2016, Concepción Cortacans was struck while crossing an intersection by a Sport utility vehicle, SUV that ran a red light. Cortacans died of her injuries 6 days later. On 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takoma Maryland Ghost Shoes
Takoma may refer to: * Takoma Park, Maryland, a city located in Montgomery County, Maryland * Takoma, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. * Takoma (Washington Metro), a stop on the Red Line of the Washington Metro subway system * Takoma Records, a record label founded by John Fahey * "Takoma", a song by the American band Bright from the album ''The Albatross Guest House'' See also *Tacoma (other) *Tahoma (other) *Tecoma (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Bike
A ghost bike (also referred to as a ghostcycle or WhiteCycle) is a bicycle roadside memorial, placed where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured, usually by the driver of a motor vehicle. Apart from being a memorial, it is usually intended as a reminder to passing motorists to share the road. Ghost bikes are usually junk bicycles painted white, sometimes with a placard attached, and locked to a suitable object close to the scene of the crash. History The idea of painting bikes white originated in Amsterdam in the 1960s as an anarchist project to liberate two-wheel transport—white bikes were free, help yourself and then leave it for someone else. The ghost bike idea in the United States may have originated with a project by San Francisco artist Jo Slota, begun in April 2002. This was a purely artistic endeavor. Slota was intrigued by the abandoned bicycles that he found around the city, locked up but stripped of useful parts. He began painting them white, and posted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoes On Powerlines
Shoe-tossing, also known as shoefiti, is the act of using footwear as a projectile in a number of folk sports and cultural practices. Shoe-tossing entails throwing a pair of laced shoes onto raised wires, such as telephone wires and power lines, or tree branches, creating "shoe trees". Shoe-tossing occurs throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North Africa and South Africa in both rural and urban areas. Often, the shoes are sneakers. Other times, they are leather shoes and boots. Many cultural variations exist, and differences abound between socioeconomic areas and age groups. In some cultures, shoes are flung as part of a rite of passage, like to commemorate the end of a school year or a forthcoming marriage. For example, in Victorian England, people would pelt "a bride and bridegroom with old shoes when they start on their honeymoon." Some theories suggest the custom originated with members of the military, who are said to have thrown military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
