Jane's Walk
Jane’s Walk is a series of neighbourhood walking tours. Named after urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs, Jane's Walks are held annually during the first weekend in May to coincide with her birthday.
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Jane's Walks are led by volunteers, and are offered for free.[1] The walks are led by anyone who has an interest in the neighbourhoods where they live, work or socialise. They are not always about architecture and heritage, and offer a more personal take on the local culture, the social history and the planning issues faced by the residents.[1]
Since its inception in 2007,[2] Jane’s Walk has happened in cities across North America and around the world. In 2014, over 40,000 people took part in a Jane's Walk[3] led by volunteers in 134 cities across 6 continents.[4]
Cities that have participated in Jane's Walk[5]
- Amsterdam
- Anchorage
- Belleville, Ontario
- Boston
- Burgos
- Cairo
- Calcutta
- Calgary
- Castelló
- Catania
- Chicago
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Colchester
- Dayton
- Detroit
- Dublin[6]
- Gatineau, Quebec
- Honolulu[7]
- Halifax
- Jerusalem
- Kiel
- Kitchener
- Lethbridge
- Ljubljana
- Montreal
- Mumbai[3]
- Madrid[8]
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Oakland
- Oklahoma City
- Omaha
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Providence[9]
- Ottawa
- Perth
- Raleigh
- Regina
- Salt Lake City
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Singapore
- St. Louis[10]
- Sudbury
- Tel Aviv
- Toronto
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Vienna, Austria
- Waterloo
- Windsor
- Winnipeg[4]
- Woonsocket[11]
References
- "About Jane's Walk - Jane's Walk". janeswalk.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- LeBlanc, Dave (30 April 2009). "Take a tour of your hidden neighbourhood". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 16 October 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- "Home - Jane's Walk". janeswalk.net. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- "Add a City". janeswalk.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- "City Directory". Jane's Walk. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- Neylon, Laoise (11 April 2017). "In Memory of an Urban Activist, Lead a Tour of Your Dublin – Dublin Inquirer". Dublin Inquirer. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- "Honolulu, HI | Jane's Walk". janeswalk.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- "elpaseodejane". elpaseodejane. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- https://janeswalk.org/united-states/providence/
- "Jane's Walk USA is now Jane Jacobs Walk". janeswalkusa.org. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- https://janeswalk.org/united-states/woonsocket/