Jane Jacobs's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania, reveals how this influential thinker’s works germinated in her home city. Pub date: May 4, 2021.
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Learn more about the death and life of Jane Jacobs’s hometown Scranton, Pennsylvania in Josh Bowman’s new review of Jane Jacobs’s First City for The Russell Kirk Center @KirkCenter kirkcenter.org/reviews/the-d…
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Important news in the ongoing fight to save the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center! Our recent inspection shows the building can be saved, and $52 mil. has been allocated in the city budget for it. BUT we need to ensure it’s used for REPAIR, NOT DEMOLITION: villagepreservation.org/camp…
Missed a #JanesWalk this weekend? Keep the spirit going with "Jane Jacobs’s First City" by Glenna Lang—a deep dive into Scranton’s past and Jacobs’s legacy of people-first cities.
Libraries, nonprofits, Jane's Walk enthusiasts: special May discounts available, DM for details!
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Yesterday's #JanesWalk around Downtown looking at prominent art installations! Led by @modatl and @AtlantaOCA 👏
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Exploring Crown Heights North & Bed-Stuy on a walking tour with Suzanne Spellen and Morgan Munsey of @MASNYC, one of my favorite things to do in NYC. mas.org/events/new-montrose-…
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Jane's Walk NYC 2025 is next weekend! Explore 200+ community-led walking tours inspired by urbanist, author, and activist Jane Jacobs!
mas.org/events/janes-walk-ny…
“Bank Street is a physical manifestation of what Jane Jacobs advocated for throughout her career"
Fantastic article by Lily Gold! She details the longstanding legacy of Jane Jacobs in relation to Bank Street in Greenwich Village (a.k.a. the importance of mixed-use neighborhoods.
Today we dive into #GreenwichVillage’s Bank Street—Jane Jacobs’ inspiration for a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood. We look at the institutions that inspired Jacobs and continue to make this a quintessential New York neighborhood street:
villagepreservation.org/2025…
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My latest piece @thenation "The Fiction of the Outside Agitator" thenation.com/article/activi…
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Permit from NYC Dept of Buildings has been secured. Installation of the Triangle Fire memorial on the Brown Building begins Tuesday, September 12, 2023. @trianglefire
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Street dreams are made of cheese! 15-minute neighborhoods create even tighter communities in Paris where neighbors can just shoot the brie. What Jane Jacobs called "the small change from which a city's wealth of public life may grow." nytimes.com/2023/08/30/reale…
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In New York, Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are working hard to pass the Community Land Act (CLA), a proposed legislative package aimed to give CLTs more power (or really, level the playing field) when buying land or buildings.
ow.ly/CSA750PJtpY
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Join @NextCityOrg on July 12 for a discussion on long-standing, hardwired narratives that show up in the community development sector & keep us from doing the #RacialEquity work that so many of us are trying to do. @MCargill28 @Doclisayunlee @lucasgrindley bit.ly/43nMzO2
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I took this video over 30 min at lunch yesterday. 3rd Ave and 84th. It's not edited, I just pressed record when I thought there was a violation about to happen. It shows how sidewalks are routinely used by ebikes and traffic laws totally ignored. @nyc_evsa
youtu.be/tHi1B4JC75Q
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Schrödinger’s Road Space 👇👇
👉 Taking Away Space From Cars While Giving Them More Space At The Same Time
👉 Leaving Even More Urban Space For …
👉 Housing 🏘, Parks 🌳, Plazas 🏛& Much More 🚲🚃🛴🚶♂️
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Underground train stations have some of the most surprising and beautiful architecture in the world. Here's a few of the best:
1. Alisher Navoiy Station, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (1977)
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Congratulations to Kim Dowdell @knd7 on receiving the Jane Jacobs Leadership Award at the Observe Scranton Festival, celebrating the city's favorite daughter. Just like the iconic urban activist, Kim is passionate about designing cities with sustainable growth in mind.
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Gentrification and displacement of low-income communities of color are major issues in New York City and the cities zoning policies are a major cause.
Read more of Zoned Out! by getting yourself a copy with this link: bit.ly/ZonedOutNYC
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An incisive writer and thinker, Jane Jacobs was heavily influenced by Scranton, PA. Glenna Lang explores this period of Jacobs’ life in her new book, “Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania.” kirkcenter.org/reviews/the-d… @JoshBowmanPhD @newvillagepress
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Happy birthday to #placemaking movement mentor #JaneJacobs!
We're excited to kick off #PlacemakingWeekendNYC today with @PlacemakingUS.
When Jane passed in 2006 this @PPS_Placemaking article was the only thing online about her:
pps.org/article/jjacobs-2
#JanesWalk #JanesWalkNYC
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#JWLFestival is returning on 12-14 May!
A weekend full of astounding walks around LDN to celebrate activist #JaneJacobs
#JWLFestival2023 will feature a variety of #walkingconversations exploring themes such as climate change, heritage & connection to nature.
Full programme🔜
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Jane's Walk is an annual festival of free, interactive, resident-led, walking conversations, inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs - running from May 5-7th.
Learn more & find a walk near you: doorsopenri.org/janeswalk