Get to know your city on a “Jane’s Walk” Mai 1-2
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If you’re new to Canada (or even if you’ve lived here for a while), here’s a chance to Ihre Heimatstadt kennen lernen and get some fresh air at the same time
Am Samstag,, Mai 1 und Sonntag, Mai 2, cities across Canada are hosting “Jane’s Walks,” a series of free neighborhood walking tours.
Celebrating the legacy of Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), a noted urbanist, activist, and author, Jane’s Walks inspire people to get to know their city — and each other — by getting out and walking.
Mehr als 60 cities worldwide, einschließlich 30 in Kanada, are holding Jane’s Walks in 2010.
Jacobs was born in the U.S. but immigrated to Canada in the 1960s. Her 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, introduced innovative, new ideas about urban development.
Jacobs championed cities that were higher density and mixed-use but still walkable and human scale. Because of her belief that local residents should have input on how their neighborhoods develop, Jacobs encouraged people to get better acquainted with their local communities.
Among the Canadian cities hosting Jane’s Walks this year are:
Im vergangenen Jahr, I took an interesting Jane’s Walk though the Vancouver neighborhoods of Strathcona und Gastown that highlighted those communities’ Jewish roots. Unter anderem, I learned that vaudeville performer Jack Benny traf er seine zukünftige Frau in der Ferrara Court building auf der East Hastings Street. (Das Jüdischen Museum und Archiv der B.c. hosts similar walking tours von Juni bis August.)
For a complete list of 2010 Jane’s Walks across Canada, check the Jane’s Walk website.
Foto © Carolyn B. Heller
