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As we reported on Friday, this weekend was the annual extravaganza of pedestrian urban love known as Jane's Walk. With dozens of walks exploring every corner of Toronto (and many more in cities across the continent), there was a glorious medley of tours to choose from. We were there (well, not everywhere), and though we couldn't begin to do a comprehensive survey of the walks on offer we did manage to log dozens of kilometres, and pick up a good number of fun tidbits along the way. Behold some of our favourite finds...

BENEFIT: Tonight at Rolly's Garage, join the Keep-A-Breast foundation for the Live Love Jamboree, a celebration of music and art to promote positive, creative ways to take action against breast cancer. Along with the door prizes and musical entertainment that will go on all night, five talented artists have created customized casts of female breasts that will be on display. Participating artists include Caitlin Cronenberg (yeah, of those Cronenbergs) and Bedouin Soundclash rocker Jay Malinowski (whose work is pictured above). After tonight's event, each of the "casts" (or "boob statues") will be up for auction online. Rolly's Garage (120 Ossington Avenue), 8 p.m., $15.

"Streets in cities serve many purposes besides carrying vehicles, and city sidewalks—the pedestrian parts of the streets—serve many purposes besides carrying pedestrians... Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of a city, are its most vital organs. Think of a city and what comes to mind? Its streets."

Participants in one of the Jane's Walk events pause in the grounds of CAMH on Queen Street yesterday.

We hope you’ve got your Jane Jacobs cards written and that your presents are all wrapped and sitting under the Jane Jacobs Tree, because this May 4 is Jane Jacobs Day in Toronto.