Jane Jacobs

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• Featured: Anthony Flint’s WRESTLING WITH MOSES [Vol. 2, #43]

  
  The Englewood Review of Books — Authority: 130
  “The Transformative Love of a Place” A Review of Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City . By Anthony Flint. Reviewed by Brent Aldrich . Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on ...
  1 week ago

• The Art of the Impossible: Building Megaprojects

  
  The New Republic - the avenue Feed — Authority: 126
  “ Jane Jacobs not Marc Jacobs ” reads a postcard making the rounds in New York City’s Greenwich Village, a plaint against the increasing “mall-ification” of that venerable neighborhood. But beyond her old stomping ground--where she famously stopped highway builder Robert Moses from building an expressway ...
  3 weeks ago

• Miami 21 Final Vote Today!

  
  Transit Miami — Authority: 430
  When: 2:00 pm Where: City of Miami City Hall, 3500 Panamerican Drive “The point of cities is multiplicity of choice” – Jane Jacobs
  3 weeks ago

• Cities Need More Jane Jacobs, Less Marc Jacobs

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 727
  Stereotype Design Graphic designer Mike Joyce is unhappy that every store and restaurant that he loved in Greenwich Village is being pushed out of business by chains and franchises like Starbucks, Ralph Lauren and yes, Marc Jacobs. He pushes back with a brilliant little guerrilla campaign, and is interviewed by ...
  3 weeks ago

• The House Where Jane Lived: Glassybaby, a store selling hand-blown votive...

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 680
  Glassybaby, a store selling hand-blown votive candleholders, is moving into the retail space at 555 Hudson Street , where Jane Jacobs used to buy candy while writing Death and Life of Great American Cities . (Jacobss home, upstairs, also has a new owner .) Beware: Jacobs ghost will be haunting anyone who uses ...
  4 weeks ago

• Jacobs vs. Jacobs: Vanishing New York interviews Mike Joyce,...

  
  Racked NY — Authority: 689
  Vanishing New York interviews Mike Joyce, the graphic designer behind the " More Jane Jacobs, More Marc Jacobs " postcards, which pit the famous city planning activist against the designer whos taken over the neighborhood where she once lived and worked. Unlike a lot of grumbling preservationists, though, Joyce has ...
  4 weeks ago

• Freddy’s Brooklyn Roundhouse Cable/Internet Show Covers Jane Jacobs’ Event at Judson Church in Two Episodes

  
  Washington Square Park — Authority: 501
  Freddy’s Brooklyn Roundhouse is a well produced “non-corporate media” outlet, viewed on MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network), BCAT (Brooklyn Community Access Television) and YouTube , which covers topics such as The Atlantic Yards, media consolidation, Eminent Domain abuse, as well as changes linked to ...
  4 weeks ago

• David Byrne’s Perfect City

  
  otrops — Authority: 99
  David Byrne’s Perfect City is well worth a read. He’s been taking a folding bicycle on tour with him, and exploring the cities he visits . In the process, he’s been thinking about what makes a perfect city. He seems to draw quite a bit a lot on Jane Jacobs’ work. I love this bit on density and why L.A. ...
  8 weeks ago

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