Jane's Walk
Whoa! I think I should create a post on Jane Jacobs … but because I also want to bake, make dinner, and read about framing (construction) I will limit this post to a simple summary and listing.
Jane’s Walk is a series of walking tours happening in different cities and communities across North America where local residents give guided tours of different areas, telling the stories and history (or herstory!) of each area as they see it. This is the second year Jane’s Walk has been held, and I would like to go this year.
To anyone who would like to join me, I can only go to walks on the Saturday, and only as time permits, but if you are interested, please cast your vote, and we can head off! And PLEASE, somebody has got to help me out here (like Dad, maybe?) research these walks, because I want to go on all of them that I have listed, but there is too much overlap! So I need to narrow it down to two, or maybe three walks total, but there are eight that I'm interested in!
More details for each of these walks, and a complete listing can be found on the Jane's Walk website.
This listing is not complete, but these are a few walks I am interested in:
Junction-High Park: West Bend Community Walk
* Duncan Farnan
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 9:45am
* Walk: 2 hours
Davenport: The Stairs Along Lake Iroquois
* Leehe Lev
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 10:00am
* Walk: 2 hours
Downtown Sculpture Walk
* Charles Campbell
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 10:30am
* Walk: 1.5 hours
King-Spadina: One of 'The Two Kings'
* Paul Bedford, Margie Zeidler
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 10:30am – 1:pm
* Walk: 2.5 hours
Fort York: 200 years of Lakefront Development
* Rene Malagon
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 1:00pm
* Walk: 1.5 hours
Jane-Finch Neighbourhood Tour
* The Spot Youth group of Jane/Finch Centre
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 1:00pm
* Walk: 2 hours
Victoria Village Adventure Walk
* Victoria Village Residents
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 1:15pm
* Walk: 1.5 hours
Dovercourt Village
* Lewis Poplak
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 1:00pm
* Walk: 1.5 hours
Jungle Jaunt: Lawrence Heights is Not What You Think
* Students of Sir Sanford Fleming Academy
* Saturday, May 2, 2009
* 2:00pm
* Walk: 1.5 hours
2 comments:
Hey ... not a bad idea!
You really should learn to ride a bike as well. Regardless of not being available this weekend, I think this is something we could do during the summer ... four of us, or not. The site includes interactive maps and all that. I get to bring my camera!
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