This late, legendary community activist and urban theorist fought a megalomaniac developer, helped save Washington Square ...

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 ...

Jane Jacobs, 89, a writer and activist who condemned urban-renewal efforts for devastating inner-city neighborhoods and, despite an initial reputation as a radical and heretic, was vindicated as an ...

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 ...

The late activist Jane Jacobs — opponent of powerful city planner Robert Moses and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, the 1961 critique of 1950s urban planning policy — would have ...

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 ...

Put on your walking shoes and get ready to explore the city — there’s a whole weekend of free walking tours this month that plan to show even the most seasoned New Yorkers something new about their ...

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 ...

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 ; ...