Jane’s Walk

Apt613 highlights a few of the walks happening May 4–5, 2019.

Jane’s Walk is a festival of free walking tours happening Ottawa-Gatineau on May 5 and 6, 2018

These five Jane’s Walk guides ask “what’s in a name?” when they tell the stories behind street names and public spaces.

This interview originally aired on May 1 on CHUO 89.1fm. If you’re someone who wants to get to know your city a bit better, then the Jane’s Walks happening May 5th and 6th are for you. On this episode of the podcast, we chat with Jane’s Walk Ottawa-Gatineau organizer Sarah Simpkin, and well as Jennifer […]

Awesome Ottawa is awarding its 100th one thousand dollar grant since 2010.

This weekend, keep your eyes out for knowledgeable volunteer tour guides all over the city, participating in the annual civic engagement event, Jane’s Walk. In a capital crisscrossed with tours catering to out-of-towners, this weekend is an opportunity to improve your urban literacy with a focus on local history, planning, design and culture in the hands of our own passionate citizens.

A city’s vibrancy is that of its communities, namely that of the people who take part in its active building. Too often we hear that Ottawa is boring and there’s nothing going on, but that is the refrain of those uninvolved. Perhaps people who bemoan Ottawa are looking for a scene rather than a community. […]

Jane’s Walk Ottawa, an annual festival of free walking tours held in honour of urban theorist Jane Jacobs, took place last weekend. We got our contributors out on a few of the walks and will be posting their photos and stories here on the site just in case you didn’t get the chance to participate. […]

Jane’s Walk Ottawa, an annual festival of free walking tours held in honour of urban theorist Jane Jacobs, took place last weekend. We got our contributors out on a few of the walks and will be posting their photos and stories here on the site just in case you didn’t get the chance to participate. […]

May 4 has for long been a landmark date for Star Wars fans. But recently, it’s moved beyond being a reason for private snickering between sci-fi devotees with a penchant for wordplay, becoming a holiday of sorts for geeks of all stripes. If this sounds like you, be sure to take part in a double […]

Every year Apartment613 works with Jane’s Walk Ottawa – a festival of free neighbourhood walking tours – to give a tour of an area where we love to hang. We pull together some of the business owners we know (and some we want to know better) and ask them the sorts of questions we’d ask if we were interviewing them […]