JANE’S WALK 2026

May 1–3, 2026

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.

Interested in joining a walk? Scroll down to view them all!

Have any questions? Contact Felicia E. Gail, Public Programming & Membership Manager at felicia@museumofdesign.org.

MODA Jane’s Walks 2026

Spaces for these walks fill up every year. Please register in advance to secure your spot!

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Jane’s Walk: Beauty and the Bees: An Exploration of Urban Ecology
May 1
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Jane’s Walk: Beauty and the Bees: An Exploration of Urban Ecology
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What's living in the city right alongside you?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in South Downtown, focuses on themes of Environment and History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: Downtown Atlanta Type Walk
May 1
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Jane’s Walk: Downtown Atlanta Type Walk
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In-person | FREE

Interested in discovering how design tells the story of Atlanta’s rich history?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Downtown Atlanta, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture, Environment, History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: Noguchi Playscape & The Spaces Between
May 1
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Jane’s Walk: Noguchi Playscape & The Spaces Between
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What can a playground teach us about design?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Midtown and Piedmont Park, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture and History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: Decatur in the Modern Era: Blair to Sharian
May 1
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Jane’s Walk: Decatur in the Modern Era: Blair to Sharian
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What does "modern" look like when it's almost 90 years old?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Downtown Decatur, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture and History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: For the Love of Graffiti: The Krog Street Tunnel & Cabbagetown's Arts Ecosystem
May 2
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Jane’s Walk: For the Love of Graffiti: The Krog Street Tunnel & Cabbagetown's Arts Ecosystem
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What makes public art stick?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Cabbagetown, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture, History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: West End Writers
May 2
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Jane’s Walk: West End Writers
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What does a neighborhood look like when writers call it home?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in the West End, focuses on themes of History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: Auburn Avenue Type Walk
May 2
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Jane’s Walk: Auburn Avenue Type Walk
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Interested in discovering how design tells the story of Atlanta’s rich history through typeface?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Sweet Auburn Historic District, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture, History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: An Epic Quest Along the Atlanta Beltline
May 2
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Jane’s Walk: An Epic Quest Along the Atlanta Beltline
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What if a walk could be an epic journey?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place on the Eastside Beltline, focuses on themes of literature, urban life, and urban development.

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Jane’s Walk: Bricks, Brushstrokes, and Ballads
May 2
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Jane’s Walk: Bricks, Brushstrokes, and Ballads
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How much history can one neighborhood hold?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in East Atlanta Village, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture, Food & Entertainment, and History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: Sweet Auburn's Resurgence
May 2
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Jane’s Walk: Sweet Auburn's Resurgence
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What does a neighborhood look like when it's been cut in half by a highway?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Sweet Auburn, focuses on themes of Advocacy, History & Culture, and Art & Architecture.

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Jane’s Walk: The Story of Just Us Neighbors-Atlanta’s Smallest Neighborhood
May 3
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Jane’s Walk: The Story of Just Us Neighbors-Atlanta’s Smallest Neighborhood
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Have you ever heard of Atlanta's smallest neighborhood?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Just Us and Ashview Heights, focuses on themes of History & Culture and Art & Architecture.

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Jane’s Walk: A Walk Through Charter Award-Winning Glenwood Park
May 3
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Jane’s Walk: A Walk Through Charter Award-Winning Glenwood Park
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What does intentional neighborhood design actually look like on the ground?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Glenwood Park, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture and Environment.

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Jane’s Walk: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Design Decisions Behind the Buildings Around Us
May 3
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Jane’s Walk: Hiding in Plain Sight: The Design Decisions Behind the Buildings Around Us
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What are the buildings around you actually doing?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Midtown Atlanta, focuses on themes of Art & Architecture and Engineering.

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Jane’s Walk: Little 5 Points OGs: Stories from the Originals
May 3
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Jane’s Walk: Little 5 Points OGs: Stories from the Originals
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How do you save a neighborhood from itself?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Little 5 Points, focuses on themes of History & Culture and Art & Architecture.

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Jane’s Walk: Stories of Freedom Park: From Farmland to Activists
May 3
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Jane’s Walk: Stories of Freedom Park: From Farmland to Activists
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How does a patch of land become a park for everyone?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Poncey-Highland, focuses on themes of Environment and History & Culture.

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Jane’s Walk: Fostering a Dynamic Community: The Evolution of Decatur's Legacy Park
May 3
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Jane’s Walk: Fostering a Dynamic Community: The Evolution of Decatur's Legacy Park
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What can a park become when a community decides to reimagine it?

This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Decatur, focuses on themes of Environment, History & Culture.

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  • Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs.

    Anybody can lead a Jane’s Walk!

    The festival encourages people to share stories about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and use the art of walking as a way to connect with their neighbours.

  • 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.