"Jane Jacobs was one of the great minds of the twentieth century. We
at Ideas that Matter have had the privilege of working with her over the
last fifteen years and have drawn guidance and inspiration from the unique
way in which she observed the world around her. During her time in this
city, she was the conscience of Toronto and Toronto's unique place in this
country. She has left us a remarkable legacy."
Alan Broadbent, Executive Publisher, Ideas that Matter
Jane Jacobs 1916-2006
Jane Jacobs was a renowned author, urban advocate, economist and ecologist.
She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1916 and after living in New
York City for 30 years, emigrated to Toronto in 1968.
She applied her acute observation and provocative thinking to a broad
range of subjects including cities, economies, community, Quebec separatism,
and social and public morality. She has received numerous awards and citations,
including Member of the Order of Canada and recipient of the Vincent Scully
Prize in Architecture awarded by the National Building Museum, Washington.
Her major books include The Death and Life of Great American Cities
(1961); The Economy of Cities (1969); Cities and The Wealth
of Nations (1984); Systems of Survival (1992); The Nature
of Economies (2000); and the recently published Dark Age Ahead
(2004). Jane Jacobs would have been 90 on May 4th.
Links
Remembering Jane
Jacobs from Project for Public Spaces
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