“JANE’S WALK” (HONOURING URBAN ACTIVIST AND CRITIC JANE JACOBS)**:
FROM ROWHOUSES TO MEGASTRUCTURES: SAINT VIATEUR EAST SECTOR
Offered by Mile End Memories, Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Mile End Citizens’ Committee (Guides: Susan Bronson and others)
This walk will focus on a unique sector of Mile End that is about to undergo some major development projects. In addition to allowing participants to discover the evolution, over the past 150 years, of the area’s urban vernacular landscape, it will highlight the results of the recent citizen consultation initiative organized by the Mile End Citizens’ Committee.
Date and time: Sunday 3 May 2009, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Departure point: In front of Saint-Enfant Jésus Church, Saint-Dominique Street between Saint-Joseph Boulevard and Laurier Avenue, Laurier metro or bus 51 or 55
Language: English
End point: Maguire Meadow, between De Gaspé Avenue and Henri-Julien Street
Reservations: not required
** Information on all Jane’s walks, including 18 others in Montreal and 260 others across Canada: www.janeswalk.net