{"id":8894,"date":"2011-05-07T12:43:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=8894"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:49:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:49:59","slug":"events-guide-janes-walk-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2011\/05\/07\/events-guide-janes-walk-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3513\/4569540543_e2b92c67ea_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3513\/4569540543_e2b92c67ea_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HALIFAX <\/strong>&#8211; Today and tomorrow ( May 7 and 8), Haligonians will take to the streets for a series of  free urban neighbourhood tours that inspire citizens to get to know  their city and each other by getting out and walking \u00a0for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janeswalk.net\/cities\/category\/halifax\/\">Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax<\/a>. Jane&#8217;s Walks&#8217; are coordinated nationally and internationally in the spirit of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Jacobs\">Jane Jacobs<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0a highly regarded community, grassroots urban planner. 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of her book <em>The Death and Life of Great American Cities<\/em> (1961); this critically-aclaimed publication serves as an ongoing powerful critique of urban renewal policies. Jacobs went on to publish other books and to successfully protest major urban projects that endorsed urban sprawl. \u00a0Her community-centred vision started with the idea that local residents know best how to shape and improve their neighbourhoods. Foremost is her simple yet revolutionary idea that dense, mixed use neighborhoods are the key to the health and survival of a city. Decades later, her vision and approach has become a model for generations of architects, planners, politicians and activists.<\/p>\n<p>Following Jane Jacobs&#8217; influential visions on what makes cities great and how to advocate for their inherent community value,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janeswalk.net\/about\">Jane\u2019s Walk<\/a> was developed to cultivate further a broad understanding of how cities \u2013 their economies, neighbourhoods, communities, and institutions \u2013 organically develop and thrive. The Walks also work to advance walkable neighbourhoods, to increase urban literacy and promote neighbourhood cohesion, civic engagement and leadership. <em>Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax<\/em> coincides with more than 30 city walks across Canada and in more than 70 cities worldwide in celebration of Jane Jacobs\u2019s birthday on May 4th.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><em>Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax<\/em> includes a number of engaging walks in often overlooked areas of Halifax and Halifax Regional Municipality. On Saturday, May 7th, walks will start at\u00a011am &amp; 2pm.\u00a0Janet Barlow, Active and Safe Routes Coordinator at the EAC, will begin Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax with\u00a0<em>Walk to School in Clayton Park<\/em>. Come and experience what it\u2019s like to walk to school in Clayton Park in Halifax. What\u2019s neat about this neighbourhood? What could be improved to make walking to school for local children safer, easier and more pleasant? Let\u2019s explore and see what we can find. You just might be surprised!\u00a0Meet at the Keeshen Goodman Public Library at 11am.\u00a0Sophia Horwitz&#8217;s walk \u00a0Trekking on the Train Tracks at 2pm will follow, whereby she will guide an urban hike of the train tracks and\u00a0discuss water access on the peninsula. Community development practitioner and project coordinator, Sophia has spearheaded transformation projects in Cuba, Honduras, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands, and Sweden.\u00a0Meet outside of Coburg Coffee at 2pm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_4db989a6a085e6880569867\">\n<p>On\u00a0Sunday, May 8th, 2011, Jayme Melrose, will host a walk exploring <em>Underground Streams<\/em> and Ruderal Ecologies at 11am at the Halifax Commons Fountain. Jayme Melrose is a garden doula and permaculture enthusiast. She received her degree from Dalhousie in Community Design and has spent a lot of time reading our landscapes. She is a charismatic leader and her passion will rub off on you. Guaranteed. \u00a0At 1pm, meeting initially at Julien&#8217;s Bakery (5517 Young Street) in the Hyrdostone Village, Kate Mackay of the Cities and Environment Unit will dish out Hydrostone knowledge and provide an interesting look into its history of public particpation (or lack thereof) in its establishment, for the walk &#8211;\u00a0<em>Hydrostone History<\/em>. Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax will conclude with\u00a0North End Shortcuts\u00a0at 4pm.\u00a0Alison Creba, part-time City Mail letter carrier, will be leading a tour of <em>North End Shortcuts<\/em>. Creba is interested in the definition of the city &#8211; both in its cultural and physical constructs. She is curious about the hidden, personal and often unconsidered details that distinguish both the routes and places we visit. This final walk will start from the Good Food Emporium at 2179 Gottingen Street at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/sets\/72157623848132023\/\"><em>Katie McKay<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX &#8211; Today and tomorrow ( May 7 and 8), Haligonians will take to the streets for a series of free urban neighbourhood tours that inspire citizens to get to know their city and each other by getting out and walking \u00a0for Jane&#8217;s Walk Halifax. 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