Sacramento: Winn Park

Neighborhood activist Kay Knepprath, longtime SOCA member and leader of the Sacramento Jane Jacobs Reading Group, leads this stroll on the sidewalks of Winn Park. Kay will show how ideas discussed in The Death and Life of Great American Cities can be demonstrated by the built environment of Sacramento’s midtown neighborhoods

Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Date: Sunday May 6, 2012

Event Start/End: 2620 P Street

Host Organization:  Sacramento Old City Association

Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: This event is accessible and welcoming to wheelchairs, bicycles, seniors, and children. 

Sacramento’s “Tweed Ride” is putting on its summer clothes, known as the “Seersucker Ride,” a Victorian-era themed event that encourages period dress and a more relaxed style of riding. This tour will begin in Marshall Park, ride through the northern neighborhoods of the Old City and south along the Sacramento waterfront, turning east at R Street to follow the route of California’s first railroad, ending at 14th and R Street. Portions of the tour will discuss the design of Sacramento’s historic neighborhoods, transportation of the Victorian era, including bicycles and electric streetcars, and visit some of Sacramento’s most notable architectural landmarks.

Time: 11:00pm-5:00pm

Date: Sunday May 6, 2012

Event Start: Marshall Park, 28th and J Street, Sacramento

Event End: Shady Lady Saloon, 14th and R Street, Sacramento

Host Organization:  Sacramento Old City Association and Sacramento Tweed

Registration: More information on how to RSVP coming soon.

Accessibility: This event is accessible and welcoming to wheelchairs, bicycles, seniors, and children.

Downtown Partnership tour guide Shawn Peter will guide visitors on a tour of locations significant to the history of rock & roll music in Sacramento, from the auditorium where the Beach Boys recorded their first live album to the theater that still bears the footprints of Kurt Cobain’s sneakers after stepping in wet paint before a Nirvana show. The role of Sacramento’s musical history and musical venues, both local bands and national acts (and local bands that became national acts) will be discussed, and the tour will include visits to several local music venues and bars. All tour participants must be 21 or older with valid ID!

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start/End: The Torch Club, 904 15th Street

Host Organization: Downtown Sacramento Partnership

Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: All participants must be 21+ years old.

Architect Melisa Gaudreau will lead a tour of historic hotels, apartments and clubs surrounding the California State Capitol.  Discussion will review social and architectural context of the past and inquire into current relevance of the buildings in the midst of the Capitol Park, State office buildings of the 1930s, 1950s Redevelopment, and new infill.  Tour brochure of the Capitol area by Sacramento Heritage Inc. included.

Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start/End: Sutter Club, 1220 9th Street

Host Organization: Sacramento Heritage, Inc.

Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: This event is accessible and welcoming to wheelchairs, bicycles, seniors, and children.

William Burg, author of multiple books on Sacramento history, will guide this tour of Midtown’s mixed-use business corridor and adjacent residential neighborhood. Topics discussed will include the historic function of mixed-use neighborhoods and their modern interpretations, how architects responded to Sacramento’s environment and climate, and Midtown’s legacy as a regional epicenter of creativity and art.

Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start/End: Old Soul at The Weatherstone, 812 21st Street

Host Organization:  Sacramento Old City Association

Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: This event is accessible and welcoming to wheelchairs, bicycles, seniors, and children.

From the Gold Rush forward, Sacramento had a tremendous need for infrastructure. Not just roads and levees, but law enforcement, fire protection, and courts. Sacramento’s Historic City Cemetery is home to many pioneer lawmen, lawyers, judges and firemen, whose stories will be shared on this tour, along with stories of what happens when these systems do not function, as demonstrated by the February 1851 Vigilance Committee that hung murderer Frederick Rowe.

Time: 10:0am-12:00pm

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Event Start/End: Sacramento Old City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway (main entrance)

Host Organization: Old City Cemetery Committee

Registration: No need to sign up, just show up at the posted meeting location.

Accessibility: This event is welcoming and accessible to children and seniors.