On May 4th of this year, Jane Jacobs would have been 99 years old, a fact that STDAware – Symptoms will most certainly feature on several of the hundreds of walking tours that will occur over this upcoming weekend. For every year now since her passing in 2006, cities across the world have made it Jane’s weekend, with the number of cities growing now to over 350 from 54 countries (not including Cyberspace, where there are Jane’s Walks apparently going on in Second Life). Canada has 92 cities participating, with the USA hosting 60 of their own.
Some walks featured in Vancouver include:
- Central Business District, led by two members of the Vancouver firm VIA Architecture. This walk is on the Sunday afternoon and meets at Waterfront Station at 2:00
http://janeswalk.org/canada/vancouver/vancouvers-cbd/
- Former Vancouver city planner Larry Beasley gives a walk through False Creek on the Saturday afternoon.
http://janeswalk.org/canada/vancouver/tour-false-creek-north-neighbourhood/
- SFU City Program Director Gordon Price gives a walk through the West End on the Saturday morning.
http://janeswalk.org/canada/vancouver/west-west-end/
Following is a list of all of the walks alphabetized by country and city, also available to preview on the event’s website:
- Canada
- Abbotsford, BC
- Baden, ON
- Banff, AB
- Barrie, ON
- Belleville, ON
- Bowen Island, BC
- Brampton, ON
- Brantford, ON
- Brockville, ON
- Burlington/Halton Region, ON
- Burnaby, BC
- Caledon, ON
- Calgary, AB
- Cambridge, ON
- Chilliwack, BC
- Coboconk, ON
- Cochrane, AB
- Coquitlam, BC
- Corner Brook, NL
- Cornwall, ON
- Dundas, ON
- Eden Mills, ON
- Edmonton, AB
- Elmira, ON
- Erin, ON
- Flesherton, ON
- Fredericton, NB
- Goderich, ON
- Golden, BC
- Guelph, ON
- Halifax, NS
- Hamilton, ON
- Kamloops, BC
- Kelowna, BC
- Kingston, ON
- Kitchener, ON
- Langley, BC
- Leamington, ON
- Lethbridge, AB
- London, ON
- Maple Ridge, BC
- Markham, ON
- Medicine Hat, AB
- Mississauga, ON
- Montréal, QC
- Nanaimo, BC
- Nelson, BC
- New Westminster, BC
- Newmarket, ON
- Niagara on the Lake, ON
- North Bay, ON
- North Vancouver
- Oakville, ON
- Olds, AB
- Orillia, ON
- Ottawa, ON
- Owen Sound, ON
- Penticton, BC
- Peterborough, ON
- Port Coquitlam, BC
- Port Hope, ON
- Port Moody, BC
- Prince Edward County, ON
- Prince George, BC
- Québec City, QC
- Red Deer, AB
- Regina, SK
- Sarnia, ON
- Saskatoon, SK
- Sault Ste. Marie, ON
- Sherbrooke, QC
- St. Catharines, ON
- St. George, ON
- St. John’s, NL
- Stony Plain, AB
- Sudbury, ON
- Surrey, BC
- Swift Current, SK
- Sydney, NS
- Thunder Bay, ON
- Toronto, ON
- Township of Langley, BC
- Vancouver, BC
- Vaughan, ON
- Victoria, BC
- Waterloo, ON
- Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON
- Whitehorse, YT
- Windsor, ON
- Winnipeg, MB
- Yellowknife, NT
- Israel
- Australia
- United States
- Akron, OH
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Arlington, TX
- Arlington, VA
- Austin, TX
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
- Buffalo, NY
- Carthage, MS
- Charlotte
- Charlottesville, VA
- Chicago, IL
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Durham, NC
- Erie, PA
- Great Barrington, MA
- Honolulu, HI
- Houston, TX
- Indianapolis, IN
- Ithaca, NY
- Jackson, MI
- Jackson, MS
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Kansas City MO
- Lincoln Park, MI
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Mesa, AZ
- Miami, FL
- Milwaukee, WI
- Muskegon, MI
- New Orleans, LA
- New York City, NY
- Oakland, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Portland, OR
- Providence, RI
- Raleigh, NC
- Richmond, VA
- Saint Paul, MN
- Salt Lake City, UT
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- San José, CA
- Santa Rosa, CA
- Sarasota, FL
- Savannah, GA
- Seattle/Puget Sound Region, WA
- Stamford, CT
- Tampa, FL
- Washington D.C.
- Wilmington, NC
- Woonsocket, RI
- Spain
- Netherlands
- New Zealand/Aotearoa
- India
- Switzerland
- China
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Brazil
- Belgium
- Argentina
- Egypt
- Philippines
- Slovenia
- Mexico
- Romania
- Sri Lanka
- Denmark
- United Arab Emirates
- Ireland
- Kenya
- Sweden
- Bulgaria
- Finland
- Pakistan
- Pakistan
- Turkey
- South Africa
- Rwanda
- Malaysia
- Poland
- Japan
- Portugal
- France
- Bahrain
- Uruguay
- Panamá
- Ecuador
- Palestine
- Costa Rica
- Chile
- Cyberspace
- Singapore
- Russia
- Bangladesh
- Taiwan
- Austria
- Myanmar
- Croatia
Jane’s Walk Annual: Volume One was published last year featuring a handful of these cities – with less than 100 pages and in a tight 6” x 6” format, a similar follow up is possible for this year. Proceeds for the book will go partially to the creation of the next book, as well as to the Tides Canada Initiatives Society, a registered charity.
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For more information on Jane’s Walk, visit their website.
