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FREE ‘JANE’S WALK’ TOURS FRIDAY-SUNDAY, INCLUDING ‘A WILD WOMAN’S WALK ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE’

May 5, 2017 | 9:01 AM
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Jane’s Walk, a series of free walking tours that start Friday, is an annual event held to honor Jane Jacobs, whose ideas about urban development continue to guide urban planners and other city-lovers. Jacobs died in 2006, but her friends started the walks on her birthday weekend every year. They happen all over the world; in NYC, they’re organized by the Municipal Arts Society and anyone can sign up to lead a tour.

Jane’s Walks are informal tours, meant to spark discussion, not just lectures. There’s a map of them here. We see five on the UWS, including a walking tour of Riverside Park, a running tour of Central Park, a tour about the “hustle and bustle” of the Upper West Side, a drawing-mindful walking tour of Central Park and a “Wild Woman’s Walk on the Upper West Side,” that explores Central Park and the Dakota.

They’re free. And hopefully, the rain will let up for a while this weekend.

Images via Jane’s Walk.

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Roslyn Chernesky
Roslyn Chernesky
8 years ago

Found out about these walks last year through WSR and loved it. It’s like a well-kept secret although many repeaters knew of it. Highly recommended. You think you know your neighborhood until you take one of these walks. Only wish they were offered more frequently.

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Scott
Scott
8 years ago

Great…Jane Jacobs. Every time I drive down the HHP and hit another flooded crater, I think of the nice underground tunnel we could have had, if not for her mindless obstructionism. And she wasn’t even from the city.

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