In-person
This Jane’s Walk, taking place in West End, focuses on themes of history and culture.
Join Robert Thompson from Insight Cultural Tourism and Paige Sullivan from The Wren’s Nest to explore the rich cultural history of Atlanta's West End neighborhood. On this walk, you’ll visit several locations associated with writers who lived or worked in West End, from Joel Chandler Harris and Madge A. Bingham to Pearl Cleage. Stops include The Wren's Nest, Hammonds House Museum, and the Shrine of the Black Madonna bookstore.
The walk will conclude at Portrait Coffee, where guests can enjoy coffee and informal conversation with fellow tour-takers.
The Details
Distance of Walk: 1 mile
Getting There: Parking should be available at The Wren’s Nest, or you can connect from the BeltLine’s Westside Trail.
The West End MARTA station is a quick two-minute walk from The Wren’s Nest, so that’s a great option, too!
Accessibility: This walk covers paved terrain, and it is wheelchair accessible.
What to wear and bring: Wear sunscreen and comfortable shoes for walking. Bring a water bottle!
Registration
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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Robert Thompson is from Insight Cultural Tourism, a local tourism company that has been conducting tours primarily in the West End neighborhoods since 2014. With Insight Cultural Tourism, Robert has done history tours, art tours, and community garden tours. The company was the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership in 2017. Insight has also developed and conducted tours for The Wren’s Nest, Spelman College, the Hammonds House Museum, Georgia Stand Up, Plywood People, and the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Paige Sullivan co-chairs the board of The Wren’s Nest, a nonprofit museum and cultural center that preserves storytelling traditions, cultivates the next generation of readers and writers, and celebrates self-expression. The Wren’s Nest was originally the home of author and journalist Joel Chandler Harris and is today a National Historic Landmark in Atlanta's West End neighborhood. It has operated as a museum since 1913 and is Atlanta’s oldest house museum.
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The Wren’s Nest
1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310We’ll leave from the Wren’s Nest, but our walk will conclude at Portrait Coffee (the address of which is below).
Portrait Coffee
1065 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW #A, Atlanta, GA 30310 -
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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Email Mary at maryk@museumofdesign.org with any questions.