It's Planning Month! Join the City of Tulsa Planning Department and Tulsa Foundation for Architecture as we discover downtown through the eyes of Jane Jacobs, an urban activist from the 1960s who took a critical look about how cities function, evolve, and fail in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. We will look at the buildings and public spaces that make downtown Tulsa and explore the impact history, preservation, transportation, and urban renewal has had. We will discuss what makes these places successful or not? What changes could be made to make spaces more engaging? We each have our own ideas of what places are vibrant, appealing places; we return frequently to these places!

Optional RSVP Here

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2015

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: Topeca Coffee at the Mayo Hotel, 115 W 5th St, Ste 1
END: Guthrie Green

Host: City of Tulsa Planning Department

Theme: Walking, Public Spaces

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open seniors, wheelchairs, children and strollers.

We all have a subconscious understanding of the quality of places from our experience, and know exactly what places are vibrant, engaging places. They are the places we want to return to again and again. But what makes some places successful and others not? An active street life is won or lost in just a few design details, which we will explore as we compare-and-contrast in downtown Salt Lake City. Join us as we discuss how urban designers shape the design of buildings and the public realm to engage people, build value, and make a place memorable.

Please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/activating-streetscapes-walking-tour-tickets-18787007445

Date:  Friday, October 16, 2015

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN & END: Main Street and 200 South (northwest corner)

Host: Molly Robinson

Theme: Walking, Urban Design

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to bicycles, wheelchairs

Join us on a walking conversation with Seven Canyons Trust and the Jordan River Commission as we explore, reconnect, and reimagine our hidden waterways at the nearby Three Creeks convergence. 

We will walk the route where Red Butte, Emigration, and Parley's creeks flow underneath our urban infrastructure and into the convergence where they reach the confluence of the Jordan River. Here we will explore and reimagine the future of the site and the opportunities for it to become Three Creeks Park. 

Date: October 14, 2015

Time: 3:30 pm + 5:30 pm

Event Start/End: 
Start: Sorenson Unity Center
END: Sorenson Unity Center

Host: Brian Tonetti, Co-Director at the Seven Canyons Trust and Programs & Policy Planner at the Jordan River Commission and Chelsea Gauthier, Associate Director at the Center for the Living City

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to children and strollers.

Registration: No need to register, just show up. But please feel free to share this event page and the Facebook event with your friends, family, colleagues, and networks. Thanks!

Join us to explore Harlem. We will start at the National Black Theatre, walk through Marcus Garvey Park to see installation art, walk west on 121st street to the Harriet Tubman Statue on St Nicholas Ave, head back to the Adam Clayton Powell statue on 7th Ave and 125th street, and finish at Studio Museum Harlem, which has free admission on Sundays. 
 
“Gutting,” is a new play written by Jeremy Kamps, being produced in Harlem by Company Cypher at the National Black Theatre, September 24 - October 3. “Gutting” is set three years after Hurricane Katrina and follows 14-year-old runaway Kali and the people around her who struggle to keep their homes in the Lower 9th Ward from being gutted. As part of the production and the ten-year-anniversary of the Hurricane, we are hosting various Jane Jacobs Walks in Harlem, so audiences can see the real impact of urban development and displacement, and have discussions about gentrification, displacement, and race issues that affect us here in Harlem. For more information, go to www.gutting2015.org or check it out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guttingbyjeremykamps

Date:  Sunday, August 16, 2015

Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: National Black Theatre, 2031 5th Ave, NYC 10035 (btwn 125th & 126th streets)
END: Studio Museum Harlem, 144 West 125th Street, NYC 10027

Host: Members of "Gutting," a new play at the National Black Theatre
guttingjanejacobswalks@gmail.com

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to children and strollers.

Come walk with the River District Business Alliance as they walk along North Temple and then along South Temple discussing various ideas to improve the area for businesses and residents. We will also talk about plans to improve the Folsom Corridor area.

Date:  Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Time: 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: Mestizo Coffeehouse, 641 N Temple #700, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
END: Mestizo Coffeehouse, 

Host: Members of the River District Business Alliance

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Bicycles.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

Come out with your bike Monday night for a bike tour of the South Salt Lake Arts District. We will start at the Bicycle Collective in South Salt Lake and ride through South Salt Lake, stopping at creative businesses and redevelopment projects to talk about the future of the South Salt Lake downtown and what the possibilities are. We will continue along the S-Line and end at Sugarmont Plaza for the Food Truck Monday League. 

Date:  Monday, July 13, 2015

Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 pm

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: Bicycle Collective,  2312 W Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
END: Sugarmont Plaza, 2234 Highland Dr Salt Lake City, UT 84106

Host: Lesly Allen, South Salt Lake Arts Council

Theme: Biking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Bicycles.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

Caminhada no Porto Maravilha (nos bairros da Saúde e da Gamboa). Começará no Centro Multimídia, Espaço Meu Porto Maravilha, seguirá até o topo do charmoso bairro do Morro da Conceição, um dos segredos mais bem guardados do Rio e terminará na Praça Mauá. A caminhada exibirá a integração do Rio novo e antigo e a maneira como a cidade está, ao mesmo tempo, incorporando a nova infraestrutura e integrando e respeitando seu passado.

Data: Sábado, 30 de Maio de 2015

Horário: 10h30 – 12h30

Começo do evento: Ponto de encontro no Pilar histórico ao lado do Espaço Meu Porto Maravilha, Avenida Barão de Tefé, 51

Fim do evento: Praça Mauá

Anfitrião: Charles Anderson, Tishman Speyer

Tema: Caminhada

Acessibilidade: Este evento é acessível e aberto a crianças e idosos. Contudo, caminharemos subindo e descendo ruas íngremes e estreitas de pedras arredondadas. Por favor, usem calçados confortáveis.

Inscrição: Favor confirmar sua presença enviando um e-mail para Raquel Silva – Tishman Speyer: rnsilva@tishmanspeyer.com.br 

Limitado a 200 participantes.

Take a walking tour of historic R Street, a railroad and industrial corridor undergoing transformation into a mixed use neighborhood of art galleries, housing, restaurants and pedestrian/transit oriented spaces. Tour led by Todd Leon of CADA and Preservation Sacramento board president William Burg.

Date:  Sunday, May 17, 2015

Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Event Start/End: 

The event will start and end at Corner of 3rd & R Street.

Host: William Burg, Sacramento Preservation

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Bicycles, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

This tour explores a portion of East Sacramento, one of Sacramento’s earliest streetcar suburbs, notable for its architectural beauty and landscape design. The stories of some of the original inhabitants of this East Sacramento tract will be shared, and the architectural styles of the neighborhood discussed. Tour led by Preservation Sacramento’s East Sacramento Subcommittee.

Jane Jacobs Walk and Jane Jacobs Roll are part of a continent-wide series of walks and bike rides based on the principles of Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Written in an era when American cities promoted the suburb and the automobile, turning their backs on downtowns and older neighborhoods, her work changed the way American planners thought about cities. It is widely read today by modern urban planners, promoting sidewalks, parks, mixed use, residential density, local economies and walkability. 

Part history tour, part urban planning discussion, Sacramento will host five Jane Jacobs Walks and one “Roll” bike ride. These tours explore how Sacramento’s city neighborhoods function for pedestrians and cyclists, residents and businesses, public transit and cars (or, in some cases, not.) All tours are free and open to the public.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Preservation-Sacramento/137201706318836
http://www.preservationsacramento.org/jane-jacobs/

Date:  Sunday, May 17, 2015

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Event Start/End: 

The event will start and end at Corner of 38th & J Street

Host: William Burg, Sacramento Preservation

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

This tour explores the social history of Sacramento’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, including political activism, social spaces, community centers and nightclubs. The tour will discuss significant events in Sacramento LGBT history, from early activism in the era before Stonewall through the formation of the "Lavender Heights" neighborhood, struggles for social equality and community response to the AIDS crisis. Led by Sacramento Heritage Inc. board member William Burg, and supported by the Sacramento LGBT Center, LLACE and Midtown Business Association. This tour is a "beta test" for a new walking tour supported by Sacramento Heritage, Inc., a city affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Comments and corrections are welcomed, as this tour will eventually be added to the Sacramento Heritage Inc. walking tour app.

The tour will begin at LLACE and last approximately 90 minutes, including stops at LLACE, the Sacramento LGBT Center, and Midtown Business Association. MBA will also host an after-tour reception at their office.

This tour explores the social history of Sacramento’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community, including political activism, social spaces, community centers and nightclubs. Led by Preservation Sacramento board president William Burg, and supported by the Sacramento LGBT Center, LLACE and Midtown Business Association.

Date:  Saturday, May 16, 2015

Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: Lavender Library and Cultural Exchange, 1414 21st Street
END: Midtown Business Association, 919 20th Street

Host: William Burg, Sacramento Preservation

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Seniors.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

This tour will explore historic Boulevard Park, an early 20th century designed neighborhood, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors will explore its designed landscapes, “commons” spaces, many beautifully restored historic homes and its one remaining “Fainted Lady”, the long-neglected Hart Mansion at 2131 H Street. Led by Preservation Sacramento board president William Burg and supported by Boulevard Park Neighborhood Association.

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Event Start/End: 
The event will start and end at Northwest corner of 22nd & H Street

Host: William Burg, Preservation Sacramento

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

Walk beside Stewart Creek through Biddleville-Smallwood, learn about plans to help water quality and lessen flooding. Co-sponsored with KEEPING WATCH on WATER: City of Creeks. http://keepingwatch.org/

Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015

Time(s): 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Event Start/End: 

• BEGIN at 2600 W Trade St Charlotte NC

Host: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome

This informative bike tour begins at the parking lot of City Park Boat Rentals at Big Lake Trail. Taking safe biking routes, we will bike to the London Avenue Canal breach (5300 Warrington Drive) in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of Gentilly and hear a short discussion of the breach disaster. We will visit a pump station and then bike along scenic Lake Pontchartrain to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) in the Lakeview neighborhood and hear another short discussion of the breach disaster. Finally, we bike back through beautiful City Park. The bike tour is 12 miles. You must bring your own bike.

Time(s): 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2015

Event Start/End: 

• BEGIN at City Park Boat Rentals at Big Lake Trail
• END at morning Call in Casino Building on Dreyfous Ave. in City Park

Host: Sandy Rosenthal, Levees.org
sandy@levees.org
504-722-8172

Theme: Biking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Bicycles, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

Join us for a special edition of the Sunday Slow Ride as we explore Plaza-Midwood and nearby neighborhoods on bike. We will meet at Okra and ride through the neighborhoods at a slow pace with many stops to talk about how the area has changed. We will visit a few historical sites as well as more recent developments in the area and discuss the impact on the neighborhood. Participants must bring their own bike and helmet.

Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015

Time(s): 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Event Start/End: 

• BEGIN: Okra, 1916 Commonwealth Avenue Charlotte, NC

Host: Pam Murray and Katie Zager

Theme: Biking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Bicycles.

Registration: No, all are welcome. 

We are going to walk in Florianópolis downtown and visit the closed old cinema theaters of our city.

https://www.facebook.com/janejacobs.walk.1

Date:  Saturday, June 14, 2014

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 

Event Begin/End: 
BEGIN: Catedral stairs
END: Arte 7 cinema

Host: Gustavo Pires de Andrade Neto, Caminhada Jane Jacobs Floripa
jjwfloripa@gmail.com +552891094200

Themes: Walking, Biking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Bicycles, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome.

Un año más Col·lectiu Punt 6 organizamos la caminata Jane Jacobs por Barcelona.  Este año recorreremos el barrio de la Mina junto a las personas integrantes de la  Asociación de vecinas y vecinos. La caminata tendrá lugar el Sábado 9 de mayo 2015 a las 11:00 en estación de tranvía Can Llima.

We are going to La Mina neighbourhood, with people who live there, and they explain us how they live there.

Map

Date:  Saturday, May 9, 2015

Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Event Start/End: 
BEGIN: Can Llima tram station
END: La Mina

Host: Col·lectiu Punt 6, colectivopunto6@gmail.com

We are a diverse group of women architects, urban planners, and activists interested in rethinking cities, neighborhoods and architecture in order to eliminate gender discrimination. We work to build cities that reflect the diversity of our society by creating inclusive spaces. Col·lectiu Punt 6 is an organization that works from a gender perspective, and seeks to account for women’s everyday life experience. This vision, inclusive with the rest of our society, considers the participation as an essential instrument in projects and sustainability as basic criteria of development.

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Bicycles, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome

This year’s walk will take a look at upcoming development in part of the Kendall Square neighborhood in east Cambridge, which is bounded by the Charles River, MIT, a large land parcel where the federal government in 1964 erected the Volpe Building for its NASA space program, and more recent tech industry and hotels. Conceived when Kendall Square was a forlorn urban renewal site, the Volpe Building is now obsolete and may be demolished to make way for a new federal transportation building exempt from local regulations. MIT has just released plans for developing its campus alongside and to the south of the square. Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods, comprised of small businesses and residential streets, want a say in the area’s redevelopment.

Lunch to follow at the Meadhall restaurant, at the corner of Broadway and Ames Street, where those who wish may continue conversation and purchase lunch.
To help us consider and converse about issues raised by these projects, we will hear from the City of Cambridge’s recently retired director of urban design Roger Boothe, Charles Sullivan from the Cambridge Historical Commission, and representatives from MIT and the East Cambridge Planning Team, a citizens’ group.

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015

Time(s): 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Event Start/End: 

• BEGIN: Meet on the north side of Main Street at the plaza in front of the Marriott Hotel next to the Kendall Square T station.

Host: Glenna Lang

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Bicycles, Seniors, Children, Dogs.

Registration: No, all are welcome

This walk will be first of two walks conducted on two consecutive days and in two different parts of Hyderabad city.  The idea is to take the same set of walkers through neighbourhoods that have evolved at different points in the history of the city. The places we will be visiting are Moghalpura in the erstwhile walled city of Hyderabad and Marredpally in Secunderabad. These walks are an attempt to understand the subtleties that make these neighbourhoods sustain in a certain way due to their own histories, cultures, demographics and spatial development.

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015

Time(s): 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Event Start/End:

• BEGIN at Charminar

• END at Hari Bowli Road

Host: Surya Narayana Murthy

Theme: Walking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Bicycles, Seniors, Children.

Registration: Yes, please RSVP - abari.aran@gmail.com OR sneha.sarathy@gmail.com

Opened in 1853, Pinewood-Elmwood is a local historic landmark and home to a veritable who’s who of Charlotte families, including many names you may recognize: Belk and Bearden, Myers and Morehead, Latta and Dowd. It is also beautiful – more than 70 acres of rolling green space, birdsong and majestic trees in the heart of Center City. You’ll learn about some of the cemetery’s oldest inhabitants, the wars and plagues that Charlotte’s citizens suffered, and how segregation, civil rights and integration played out in the cemetery between the 1930s and 1960s.

Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015

Time(s): 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Event Start/End: 

• BEGIN in Elmwood Cemetery and the group will meet inside the main gates on W 6th Street.

Host: Lynn Weis and Bill Hart

Theme: Walking, Biking

Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Bicycles, Seniors, Children.

Registration: No, all are welcome