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If you have
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pdf. Winnipeggers Invited to get out
and Walk! Have you ever
wondered about the history of that house on the corner, or the little
business that has been there for longer than you can remember? Step out
this May 3rd and 4th and join a 'Jane's Walk' to learn and share in the
vibrant history of Jane's Walk is
an annual event taking place in Sincerely, The Jane's Walk
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Winnipeg walks
are taking place in St.Norbert, West Broadway, Downtown, Wolseley, West
Wolseley, Riverview, the Bois des Esprits, Kingston Crescent, along
Selkirk Avenue, in Point Douglas, and the West
End. Visit www.janeswalk.net
for all of the locations, start times, and
descriptions. |
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The best expert
on your community is YOU! Jane's Walk is about meeting and sharing stories
with your neighbors. Bring your photos and stories to share about the
community. All our walk
leaders are local residents and neighbours learning about their community,
just like you. |
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Jane Jacobs
(1916-2006) was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a
fresh, community-based approach to city building. She had no formal
training as a planner, and yet her 1961 best-seller, The Death and life of
Great American Cities, introduced ground-breaking ideas about how cities
function, evolve and fail that are now common sense to today's architects,
planners, politicians and activists. Foremost is her simple yet
revolutionary idea that dense, mixed use neighborhoods are the key to the
health and survival of a city. "No one can find
what will work for our cities by looking at ... suburban garden cities,
manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities. You've got to get
out and walk." Jane Jacobs,
"Downtown is for people", from the Exploding
Metropolis |
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A full list of walks, start
times, locations, and descriptions is available at www.janeswalk.net. |
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