Jane jacobs

Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses had different visions and approaches for building better cities. But that's putting it mildly. Very mildly.

Jane Jacobs

A true original who inspired a generation with her writings and activism in support of community-based planning.

Jane Jacobs

Ever prescient, her final book outlined a coming dark age—and how to get through it.

Jane Jacobs deep in thought.

In 1961, a woman without any training in architecture or municipal design — without, in fact, a college degree — changed the way the world thought about urban renewal. In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs presented, as her opening sentence famously announces, “an attack on current city planning and rebuilding.” […]

"Citizen Jane" features compelling archival footage and photos, and a range of figures such as Mary Rowe, Michael Sorkin, Ed Koch, and Paul Goldberger.

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