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Jane Jacobs

@jane_jacobs
 haunting the village
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Joined July 2010
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happy birthday to me!
Alexandra Lange (@LangeAlexandra) profile pictureAlexandra Lange@LangeAlexandra4 May 2023
It's Jane Jacobs's birthday! One of the most fun packages we ever did at Old Curbed was this one that included my analysis of JJ as a fictional character archive.curbed.com/2016/5/4/…
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I am honored.
anjulie is on other socials now (@AnjulieRao) profile pictureanjulie is on other socials now@AnjulieRao15 Mar 2023
I'm giving a virtual talk in April with the Center for the Living City @ctr4livingcity! Should be fun; come if you can! centerforthelivingcity.org/u…
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guilty as charged—I should be read critically.
Jay Pitter (@Jay_Pitter) profile pictureJay Pitter@Jay_Pitter5 Sep 2020
Undeniably a provocateur & advocate for public spaces, Jane Jacobs wrote her landmark book The Death and Life of Great American Cities amid the civil rights , disability rights & women’s rights movements without a smidgen of critical race, disability or meaningful gender analysis
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📖 Os presentamos nuestra última incorporación a la biblioteca:, “Jane Jacobs. 4 entrevistas" Tiene una pinta estupenda 😊 ¡Enhorabuena a @editorialgg por esta publicación! 👏👏👏 ℹ️ggili.com/cuatro-entrevistas… #JaneJacobs #ciudad #Libros
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"Life is an ad hoc affair. It has to be improvised all the time because of the hard fact that everything we do changes what is. This is distressing to people who would like to see things beautifully planned out and settled once and for all." —Jane Jacobs, born today 1916
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You’re welcome.
Anthony Smiljkovich (@totallyanthony) profile pictureAnthony Smiljkovich@totallyanthony6 Sep 2018
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@jane_jacobs you’ve got interesting things to say about life in a modern city. I thank you for your contribution. And thank you to the documentarians now telling your story
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Aquí paseando
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thank you.
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“Jacobs is referenced often by rwal estate developers ... but I would argue she is being used by them; they turn her famous phrases into aspirational ad copy.” R. Sullivan, Directions to Brooklyn placesjournal.org/article/di… via @PlacesJournal
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The Jane Jacobs Guide to the Trump Presidency citylab.com/equity/2016/12/d…
The Jane Jacobs Guide to the Trump Presidency

The Jane Jacobs Guide to the Trump Presidency

Ever prescient, her final book outlined a coming dark age—and how to get through it.

bloomberg.com
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I made a cameo. archinect.com/news/article/1…
Jane Jacobs makes an appearance in Amazon's newest hit, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

Jane Jacobs makes an appearance in Amazon's newest hit, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a charming, new series put out by Amazon. Written by Amy Sherman-Palladino of the early aughts hit Gilmore Girls, the show tells the story of a 1950s, Jewish upper-midd...

archinect.com
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Jane Jacobs retweeted
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@timhwang9 Dec 2017
fifty years ago: susan sontag and jane jacobs in jail following an antiwar protest (december 1967)
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#JaneJacobs, illustrated. curbed.com/2016/5/4/11582798… c/o @gulliverhancock @Curbed @MASNYC @PPS_Placemaking #placemaking @jane_jacobs
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GMTA xitter.cf/langealexandra/status/…
Alexandra Lange (@LangeAlexandra) profile pictureAlexandra Lange@LangeAlexandra30 Apr 2017
I think that Jane Jacobs and Georgia O'Keeffe owned the same Marimekko dress.
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Literary Hub
@lithub8 Nov 2016
"Civil disobedience is an extension of self-government." @jane_jacobs on the necessity of resistance. ow.ly/2DaD305Yxbv
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See you there. MT @jgmoore: going to "J Jacobs Cent. Lecture: S Sassen & R Sennett" See you there? eventbrite.com/e/jane-jacobs… via @Eventbrite
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I like it too. xitter.cf/langealexandra/status/…
Alexandra Lange (@LangeAlexandra) profile pictureAlexandra Lange@LangeAlexandra5 Oct 2016
New favorite “Death and Life” cover. The glasses + the city = brilliant xitter.cf/EdParentheses/status/7…
How critics are made: My review of that new #JaneJacobs bio @architectmag architectmagazine.com/design…
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re-reading Death and Life newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…
Jane Jacobs’s Street Smarts

Jane Jacobs’s Street Smarts

What the urbanist and writer got so right about cities—and what she got wrong.

newyorker.com
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Thanks for reading closely @awalkerinLA curbed.com/2016/9/23/1303438…
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