Jane’s Walk, the annual festival of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by the American-Canadian journalist, author and activist Jane Jacobs, returns to Philadelphia on May 4-6 with 27 walks around the city! Three walks will be held in West Philly and University City – all on Friday, May 4th and all new. Here are more details:

• 3 – 5 p.m.: The Gardens of West Philadelphia walk and conversation with Jeff Barg of Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will begin and end at UCity Square PHS Pop-Up Garden (3601 Filbert St.). Join PHS on a walking tour of one of Philadelphia’s most garden-rich neighborhoods. This two-hour walking tour will explore the gardens of Powelton Village and West Powelton, some of which boast decades of history. Kids, dogs and bicycles are welcome. Event Facebook page. 

• 4 – 5:30 p.m.: The Paints & Patents: History of Innovation at the Pennovation Site walk will be led by PennPraxis’ Julie Donofrio and Molly Lester. The walk, which explores the history of innovation and industrialization that transformed the Pennovation Works site from farmland in the 17th century to a hub of invention in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, will begin at the main building of Pennovation Works, 3401 Grays Ferry Avenue. For more information and to RSVP, visit the event Facebook page.

• 5 – 6:15 p.m.: The Effect of PennDOT Roads on University Safety walk with Dave Brindley of 5th Square will begin at 32nd and Market Streets (by the Lebow Statue). This walk and conversation will focus on dangerous locations for pedestrians and envision how simple redesigns would yield safer and more lively streets. You can RSVP here.