In Person | Sweet Auburn
FREE
This Jane’s Walk, taking place in Sweet Auburn, focuses on themes of Advocacy, History & Culture, and Art & Architecture.
What does a neighborhood look like when it's been cut in half by a highway?
Join Nicholas Mulkey of CNU Atlanta and Gene Kansas, Author of Civil Sights, for a walk through one of Atlanta's most historically significant neighborhoods, exploring how Sweet Auburn has survived, struggled, and resurged in the face of car-centered development. The route covers the neighborhood's urban form, its rich history, and the new developments now taking shape, offering a clear-eyed look at what happens when highway infrastructure tears through a community and what it takes to come back from it.
About the Walk Leader
Nicholas Mulkey leads CNU Atlanta, whose mission is to champion people-centered urbanism in Atlanta and throughout the Greater South. CNU Atlanta is the local chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization founded on the principles of Jane Jacobs.
Gene Kansas of Gene Kansas Commercial Real Estate: a network of trusted advisors, real estate professionals, consultants, educators, artists, event planners, designers, writers, and community builders with a common denominator — to excel for our clients and our communities. By using the built environment as our stage, we help individuals, organizations, and businesses find their place in Atlanta, tell their stories, and realize their dreams. In doing so, we work in concert with our city's vibrant neighborhoods, and we help our clients reach their own goals, missions, and dreams.
The Details:
Arrive Early to check-in with your walk leader or MODA volunteer.
Distance of Route: approximately 1 mile
Walk Location Starting Point: 135 Auburn Avenue NE
Walk Location Ending Point: 209 Edgewood Avenue
Duration of Walk: 60 minutes
Walk Language: English
Accessibility: Terrain: Paved. This event IS wheelchair accessible.
What to Bring: Comfortable walking shoes and clothes, water.
No weather-based adjustments listed. Barring a Watch, Warning, or Advisory from the National Weather Service in Atlanta, GA, we will proceed as planned.
Know Before You Go: Details will be included in your confirmation email.
Registration | FREE
Jane’s Walks are free to attend, but registration is required.
Please click the link below to save your spot!
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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.
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Starting Point: 135 Auburn Avenue NE
Ending Point: 209 Edgewood Avenue
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MODA reserves the right to cancel a program if the minimum enrollment requirements are not met. If you need to cancel your plans for any reason, we kindly request that you notify us 48 hours prior to the event start. By doing so, we can release your seat to another individual interested in joining us for this Jane’s Walk!
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Designers with different styles of learning or special needs are welcome in MODA public programs. We will be able to most effectively help everyone learn and enjoy this experience if we know about those needs in advance of the program. Please email the primary walk leader listed in your confirmation email with questions or information.
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Pictures and videos will be captured during MODA public programs and may be published on the official website, social media, and newsletters of the Museum of Design Atlanta. If you do not wish to appear on these platforms, please write to felicia@museumofdesign.org.
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Email Felicia at felicia@museumofdesign.org with any questions.