JANE’S WALK 2025
May 2–4, 2025
Jane’s Walk is an annual global festival honoring the legacy of urbanist, activist, and writer Jane Jacobs with free, citizen-led walking tours through the neighborhoods that lend so much character to our cities.
The festival promotes civic engagement and encourages leaders and participants to share stories about their communities and use walking as a means of connecting with their neighbors.
See our full list of Jane’s Walks below!
Have any questions? Contact Felicia E. Gail, Public Programming & Membership Manager at felicia@museumofdesign.org.
Who Was Jane Jacobs?
Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was a writer and activist who championed a community-based approach to city-building. Her first book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, introduced ground-breaking ideas about how cities function, evolve, and fail that have become conceptual pillars for today’s architects, planners, policymakers, activists, and other city builders.
Jacobs lived in Greenwich Village until 1968, when she moved to Toronto. In both cities, she helped derail the car-centered approach to urban planning and invigorated neighborhood activism by helping to stop the expansion of expressways and roads.
MODA Jane’s Walks 2025
Spaces for these walks fill up every year. Please register in advance to secure your spot!