You might think New York when you hear the name Jane Jacobs, but actually Toronto was her home for a long time. In her passing, they celebrated her contributions to place-making in a series of "Walks for Jane". It has now become the city's Walking Festival which involves walks that feature a tour guide who will speak knowledgeably about the neighbourhood, and will highlight the people, places and public spaces that make that particular community interesting and unique. Interesting like PARK(ing), the Walking Festival takes a simple idea about place making, and sets up a framework to help spread it more locally.
A Brisbane Walking Festival linked to PARK(ing) 2009, how about it?
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