If a new heritage district is created, it should acknowledge the tradeoffs and explicitly define how the area will change ...

Jane Jacobs and the "battle for the street" / Ray Suarez -- The mirage of the efficient city / Sanford Ikeda -- The intelligence of informality / Nabeel Hamdi -- The Tao of urbanism : integrating ...

The opposing visions of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses towards city building resonate with many New Yorkers today. It is certainly clear to me that Jane Jacobs is now the prevailing force. While no one ...

Jane Jacobs didn’t trust urban planners. She once told me that planners would call her all the time and tell her what great work they were doing in her name. Then she would find out that they were ...

Jane Jacobs was a journalist and activist who wrote “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” in 1961, and while she had no formal training as an urban planner, she invented the groundbreaking ...

Part I: An uncredentialed woman, 1916-1954. A generous place to live ; Outlaw ; Ladies' nest of owls, and other milestones in the education of Miss Jane Butzner ; The great bewildering world ; ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X (Opinion) — Would Jane Jacobs have shopped at Elm City Market? If so, the sainted late urban ...

Jane’s Walk NYC returns the first weekend in May with a full slate of free walking tours that explore New York City from a local perspective. Hosted by the Municipal Art Society (MAS) since 2011, Jane ...