Let’s walk about it, Detroit!  This is Detroit’s first Jane Jacobs walk. The route will include the two historic neighborhoods of Green Acres and Sherwood Forest.  The walk start at a food market to show that there are places in Detroit to buy food, and end at a local bistro. Along the way participants will visit a local park, historic homes, where 8 mile meets the suburbs, a cemetery, a local church, and businesses along the Avenue of Fashion.  We’ll hear from lifelong Detroiters, including members from the city’s first radio patrol, and about life in this corner of Detroit.  Come learn about the best kept secrets in Detroit!

Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm

Date: Sunday, May 6th

Event Start: Mike’s Market (19195 Livernois Ave)

Event End: 1917 American Bistro (19416 Livernois Ave)

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

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

Forget 16 Candles — Henry Street is lighting 145! The Henry Street Settlement will be celebrating the 145th birthday of our founder, Lillian Wald with an old-fashioned block party, free and open to all. In addition to old-fashioned street games for children, arts & crafts, music, refreshments and a birthday cake baking contest, Henry Street will be hosting walks through its 1832 historic headquarters (at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 PM)

Date: Sunday May 6, 2012

Time: 12:00pm-3:00pm

Event Start/End: 265 Henry Street (at Montgomery Street)

Host: Henry Street Settlement

Registration: No need to RSVP, just show up at the posted meeting place.

Accessibility: Fully Accessible

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.

Once part of South Brooklyn, Red Hook now combines elements of its long history with more recent trends in neighborhood change. Industry, working class housing, and maritime activity dating from the 19th century and New Deal projects like Red Hook Houses and the Goldman pool contrast with new arrivals such as boutiques and restaurants, repurposed warehouses hosting art galleries and New York institutions like Fairway, and the big box Ikea. Development tradeoffs have brought new waterside parks while vacant plots await further development. We will end at Red Hook Park where lunch can be purchased from the Red Hook Food Vendors, Ecuadoran, Columbian, and Mexican immigrants whose success adds another chapter to Red Hook’s history.

Date: Saturday May 5, 2012

Time: 10:00am-12:30pm

Event Start: Corners of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, on the Atlantic Ave. side of Trader Joe’s

Event End: Red Hook Park

Host: Deborah Gardner, of the Roosevelt House at Hunter College

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

Accessibility: Partially Accessible – curbs, uneven terrain, busy sidewalks.