Jane Jacobs
The Woman Who Saved Lower Manhattan From Becoming a Highway
A timely new documentary celebrates the legacy of Jane Jacobs, the revolutionary writer and organizer who fought to preserve citizens' voices as urban renewal projects threatened to destroy local communities.
How Activist Jane Jacobs Changed the Way the World Thinks About Cities
The story of how a woman derided by critics as "crazy dame" became the most important urban thinker of the 20th century.
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