This weekend, urban enthusiasts around the world will be leading free walking tours of their neighbourhoods as part of Jane’s Walk. Started in Toronto, this annual festival was created to help people explore their cities through the eyes of local residents. The global event was inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs, who championed community-based city building.

Here is a list of 10 Jane's Walks being led by Daniels Faculty alumni, faculty, and students May 1st-3rd.

1. East Danforth East - A Culinary Walking Tour
Walk Leader: Phil Pothen (MLA 2006)
@PhilPothen
May 1, 2015 | 02:00 PM
May 2, 2015 | 02:00 PM

2. The City's Best Hiding Places: A Geocaching Tour
Walk Leader: Denise Pinto (MLA 2011)
@denisepinto‪  
May 1, 2015 | 04:00 PM

3. Spaghetti Junction - The Farewell Tour
Walk Leader: Peter Milczyn (BArch 1989)
@PeterMilczyn
May 2, 2015 | 10:30 AM

4. King and Spadina: One of The Two Kings
Walk Leaders: Professor Paul Bedford (Geography and Program in Planning, U of T), Margie Zeidler (BArch 1987)
May 2, 2015 | 11:00 AM

5. Lower Don River Ecological Restoration & Heritage Walk
Walk Leaders: Mary Fragedakis, Garth Armour (BLArch 1983)
May 2, 2015 | 02:00 PM

6. The Railpath and Its Possibilities
Walk Leaders: Alex Mazer, James Brown (BArch 1978), Kim Storey (BArch 1978)
May 2, 2015 | 02:00 PM

7. Connecting Riverdale to the Lake - A Quick Start Proposal
Walk Leaders: Michael Holloway (MLA 2008), Don Merriam
@BikeMappingWiki
May 3, 2015 | 10:00 AM

8. Re-imagining Neighbourhoods
Walk Leader: Maria Muszynska (MLA 2010)
@muszynska_maria
May 3, 2015 | 10:00 AM

9. A New Archaeology for the Leslie Street Spit
Walk Leader: Ben Watt-Meyer (MLA 2012)
May 3, 2015 | 12:00 PM

10. Offline Stories of Fort York
Walk Leaders: Daniels Faculty Instructors Marisa Bernstein and Nicolas Koff, with Ya'el Santopinto (March 2011), and Daniels Facult students Rui Felix, Kaari Kitawi, Tayler Bishop and Grace Yang, whose Fall 2014 design studio, taught by Koff centered around Fort York. Click here to see the students design proposals for the "fringes of Fort York" that came of out the studio.
@Projexity
May 3, 2015 | 04:00 PM

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(Note: Since this piece was originally posted, one of the tours has been cancelled. We removed it from the list above.)

This year we are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the first architecture program at U of T — and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of our landscape architecture program. Attending a Jane's Walk led by our alumni is a good opportunity to explore the city with some of our graduates who have helped shape Toronto over the years.

All alumni are invited to join us at our 125th anniversary events. Visit 
/events/125th-anniversary for more details.