Jane’s Walk - Retracing Stop Spadina
Mayor David Miller announced in November 2006 that May 4 would officially be “Jane Jacobs Day” in Toronto.
On Sunday May 5, 2007, it will be Jane’s Walk Day in Canada:
Many of Jane’s peers, colleagues, friends and admirers have discussed how best to honour her legacy and have settled on the idea of “Jane’s Walk”, to reinforce her idea of walkable, dense, compact and diverse neighbourhoods as the hallmarks of a healthy city. These characteristics help knit together the people of a neighbourhood into a strong and resourceful community.
The First Annual “Jane’s Walk” will take place on Saturday, May 5, 2007, in numerous locations throughout Toronto. Each walk will feature a tour guide who can speak knowledgeably about the neighbourhood, and will highlight the people, places, and public spaces that make that particular community interesting and unique.
Self-organization is part of the philosophy of Jane’s Walk, hence anyone can start a walk of their own.
For information on featured walks, or to organize your own walk, please visit the Jane’s Walk website.
More on the Spacing Wire and the Jane’s Walk page on Torontopedia!.
Jane’s Walk - Retracing Stop Spadina
This Jane’s Walk begins where the Spadina Expressway was stopped, the three foot wide sidewalk that then Premier Bill Davis ceded to the Old City of Toronto to block Metro’s desire to complete the expressway south of Eglinton.
This Jane’s Walk begins at 12 noon and will head south. We will wind our way through neighbourhoods which would have been drastically reduced if not removed had the Spadina Expressway been completed all the way to downtown.
Rest Stops along the way include:
Forest Hill Village, Spadina House beside Casa Loma, The park at the top of Albany Avenue at Barton.
Strolling through The Annex, we will arrive at Kensington Market where this Jane’s Walk will end.
A history of the Stop Spadina controversy will be presented throughout the walk, along with stories and archive photos of each of the neighbourhoods we will be walking through.
Meet in front of the Eglinton West Station at 12 Noon on Saturday May 5, 2007.
