Jane Jacobs at a 1961 press conference for the Committee to Save the West Village (photo by Phil Stanziola, via Library of Congress/Wikimedia) I would like it to be understood, and increasingly ...

Humorously, he likened the result to a city planned by somebody who had never met a pedestrian. Yet the joke is on us: these ...

This late, legendary community activist and urban theorist fought a megalomaniac developer, helped save Washington Square Park and wrote her seminal work, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ...

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 ; ...

Jane Jacobs took on big city planners to defend the life of the city. What might Jacobs have thought of Grand Avenue? Plus, Jodie Foster's favorite building, and Dan Neil on why we care about Ferraris ...

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 ...

Join Peterborough's Master Plan Update launch on May 2nd! Participate in a community visioning walk & roll, shaping the future of the city.

Last fall’s Jane Jacobs Lecture featured Eric Klinenberg, professor at NYU, best-selling author, and sociologist known for his research on cities, climate change, and the social forces that hold ...

Two Greenwich Village sites once owned by famous 20-century women have found new owners amid a strong stretch for high-end sales. The Bedford Street home of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and the Hudson ...