Jane Jacobs Walk

Long Short-Janes Walk-with a Doc to Yoga on the Mall

ckgauthier — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:50:15 +0000

When is a walk more than a walk? Come with us and find out! Walkability is about health and fitness (Walk with a Doc and Every Body Walk!), urban planning and conversations (Jane’s Walk) and road safety for everyone (Long Short Walk for Road Safety). This walk, on the day before UN Global Road Safety Week, will take us from historic Capitol Hill (Stanton Park, 4th & Massachusetts NE – meet at the statue!) to Constitution Gardens (Constitution Avenue and [...]

Hinesburg Jane Jacobs Walk

ckgauthier — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:32:04 +0000

Walk along brand-new bike path through expansion area of village. Time: 1:30-3:30 Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013 Event Start/End: Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, VT Host: Catherine Goldsmith, Hinesburg Village Steering Committee Theme:Walking, Biking Registration: No need to sign up, just show up. Accessibility: This event is accessible and open to Wheelchairs, Bicycles, Seniors, Children

Walking Together in Our Public Spaces

ckgauthier — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:26:51 +0000

Dear friends, Our 2013 Jane Jacobs Walks are among the first events to take people into public spaces since the horrific events in Boston. We believe in the freedom of public space as a critical component of democracy. Therefore it is with sorrow for what happened and determination to keep moving that we undertake these walks again this year. We invite all walk leaders to think about how their walks connect us to the importance of public space. As [...]

Fight 2 end Animal Cruelty

ckgauthier — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:07:39 +0000

We will be discussing the effects of Animal Cruelty and how we can prevent the violent terrible things that are happening to our four-legged friends. We will also be able to learn how we can adopt a vegan diet, how to ditch wool, leather and fur, how to ditch all beauty/hair care/hygiene items that test and experiment on animals, how to prevent going to places that promote and produce animal cruelty (such as circuses, most pet stores, animal sports, and [...]

Sacramento Mexican-American Heritage Walk

ckgauthier — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:23:07 +0000

SOCA President William Burg leads a walk from the Mexican-American Veterans memorial at 10th & Capitol through Capitol Mall via K Street to Southside Park. The tour will visit sites associated with Sacramento’s Mexican-American community, including murals and monuments, and compare today’s city to historic photos of the neighborhood. Stops will include Chicano murals, the last surviving building of Sacramento’s Japantown, and the ending point of Cesar Chavez’s 1965 march from Delano to Sacramento. Tour ends at Southside Park, 7th [...]

Sacramento “History Buzz” Walk

ckgauthier — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:20:47 +0000

Downtown Sacramento Partnership guide Shawn Peter leads a pub crawl from Downtown to Midtown, covering historic architecture, music and social history, with stops at three of Sacramento’s newest restaurant/pubs, all in old buildings adapted to new uses. Tour ends at Lowbrau, 20th & K Street. Time: 3 PM-5 PM Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013 Event Start/End: From K Bar, 10th & K Street, to Lowbrau, K and 20th Street Host: William Burg, Sacramento Old City Association Theme: Walking Registration: No need to sign up, just show [...]

Sacramento Streetcar Ride

ckgauthier — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:17:49 +0000

SOCA President William Burg leads a group bike ride along several of Sacramento’s vanished streetcar routes, starting from the Old City Cemetery main entrance and riding through Southside Park, Poverty Ridge, Newton Booth and Midtown, ending Downtown at 10th & K Street for lunch. We will explore how Sacramento’s streetcar lines promoted urban and suburban growth, commercial development, and a distinct urban form that is still effective for walking and cycling even 66 years after the streetcars stopped running. Time: Noon-2 [...]

Old City Cemetery: Bikes, Boxers & Baseball

ckgauthier — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:11:30 +0000

This tour takes place at Sacramento’s Old City Cemetery. Cemeteries have their own principles of urban design, and this tour will introduce you to the history of this 160 year old cemetery along with many of its inhabitants who were cyclists, advocates of Sacramento’s “Good Roads” movement, along with baseball players and other athletes. Time: 10 AM-noon Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013 Event Start/End: Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Main Entrance, 10th & Broadway Old City Cemetery docent Eric Bradner guides visitors [...]

Walking Tour of Historic Redmond Buildings

ckgauthier — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:54:32 +0000

The Walking Tour of Historic Redmond Buildings will begin at 9:30 am Saturday May 4th, 2013 in Anderson Park. From the park, we will walk through downtown Redmond, stopping at 10 historic buildings, before ending at the first Redmond Saturday Market of the year (7730 Leary Way NE) around 11 am. Time: 9:30 am-11 am Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013 Event Start/End: Begin at Anderson Park in downtown Redmond at 9:30 am. End at the Redmond Farmer’s Market at 11 am. [...]

Dark Age Ahead – The Wizard of O’Farrell Jane Jacobs Walk

ckgauthier — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:37:00 +0000

Jane Jacobs writing in Dark Age Ahead, identified five pillars of our culture that we depend on but which are in serious decline: Community and Family Higher Education The Effective Practice of Science Taxation and Government Self-policing by Learned Professions The decay of these pillars, Jacobs contended, was behind such ills as environmental crisis, racism and the growing gulf between rich and poor; their continued degradation could lead us into a new Dark Age, a period of cultural collapse in [...]