Jane Jacobs has died
Tuesday April 25th 2006, 8:14 am
Filed under: Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Very sad news today. Jane Jacobs has died at 89, apparently due to a stroke. The world has lost one of its greatest citizens. The American-born activist, writer, and urban expert has lived in Canada (Toronto) since 1968.

Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) is one of the seminal texts of the twentieth-century.

Edit: Christopher Hume did a nice piece in the Star today.

Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
Wikipedia

Project for Public Places
CBC
CBC Archives
New York Times

Kunstler Interview

Rational Reasons
Treehugger
Metropolis 347

(more to come)

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pogge has posted a memorial over at Peace, Order & Good Government, Eh?”. I’m going to mention your post here over there.

Comment/commentaire by DougP 04.25.06 @ 8:50 am

CBC acknowleged her death on the National news tonight. They showed an interview with Hannah Gartner, (I think,) and Jane said the media reports things “superficially”.

I felt so terrific hearing that said….

Of course, how many people, now, here, care that this is what shapes public opinion for the vast majority of citizens in a given democracy -and it should be talked about more!

The work of Jane Jacobs will carry on…

Louise M.

Comment/commentaire by Louise M 04.25.06 @ 8:50 pm

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