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Jane Jacobs
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Viewpoints
“Citizen Jane” Puts Jacobs on a Pedestal (Throws Moses Under the Bus)
Despite its flaws, the documentary Citizen Jane: Battle for the City is an entertaining call to action, and a reminder that when motivated individuals come together, a small corner of their world can change.
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Viewpoints
A Tale of Two Cities: The Year Jane Jacobs and Le Corbusier Discovered New York City
In 1935 both Le Corbusier and a young Jane Jacobs discovered New York City for the first time.
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Profiles
An interview with Jane Jacobs, Godmother of the American City
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Jane Jacobs's birth, we republish this 2001 interview with the renowned urban thinker.
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Viewpoints
How Urban Planners Say “I Love You”
Mapping the crevices and cornices of love: Valentines Day cards for designers.
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Projects
We Should Forge a Nation of Hyperdensity
New book imagines, predicts, and proposes a rewarding urban life.
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Projects
Book Review: The Battle for Gotham
At first glance, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything exemplary in the layout of Willets Point, Queens, with its jumble of auto repair shops, junkyards, and the cars, broken down and not, that litter the spaces betwe
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