This walk will introduce the ideas of Jane Jacobs, using Ottawa landmarks and neighbourhoods to illustrate the ideas detailed in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. We'll explore the roles of sidewalks, parks, zoning regulations, and more on our way from the ByWard Market to Parliament Hill.
We will meet at the southwest corner of Dalhousie & George Sts in the ByWard Market.
From there, we will walk generally west through the Market to Major's Hill Park, turning south along Mackenzie Ave to the Senate of Canada Building, formerly the Government Conference Centre (and originally, Ottawa's central railway station), and then west along Wellington St to Parliament Hill, where the walk ends.
Note that the planned route will take us up and down the York Steps (the stairs connecting Sussex St and Mackenzie Ave.).
Matt Bufton is the Executive Director of the Institute for Liberal Studies, a non-partisan educational not-for-profit based in Ottawa. Matt became interested in Jane Jacobs through conversations with his wife Janet, as well as with economist Sandy Ikeda and geographer Pierre Desrochers.
Matt Bufton
| Date: | sam 2 mai, 2026 |
| Heure: | 16h00 |
| Durée: | 1 heure 15 min |
| Langue: | anglais |
| Début: | SW corner, Dalhousie & George Sts |
| Fin: | Parliament Hill |
| Quartier: | ByWard Market/Parliament Hill |
| Distance: | 2.0 kms |
The route will take the group up the York Steps.
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