The work of Jane Jacobs and the consequences of “The New Boston” came together March 8 in Fields Corner, in a conversation at ...

In this regard, urban planner Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was a leading figure, with a particular influence and direct impact on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...