Jane Jacobs Reconsidered

Jane Jacobs has been embraced as the public face of preservation battles in New York City in the 1950s and 60s. From her famous run-ins with Robert Moses to her championing of smaller scale, walkable neighborhoods in her landmark book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," no urban planner more represents New York than Jacobs.

This talk--a companion to last year's "Robert Moses Reconsidered"--will look at the way Jacobs's ideas both transformed New York City for the better but have also been misused by subsequent generations of gentrifiers with entrenched NIMBY interests both in New York and around the country.

** a recording of the talk will be avaialble approximately 24 hours after the presentation for all registrants ** 

Each ticket covers one (1) registered device. You do not need to watch the lecture as it is happening if that's inconvenient for you -- approxmately 24 hours after the talk, a link will be emailed to all registered participants so that you can watch the talk at your leisure on Vimeo. Your registration will appear on your credit card statement as “Michelle Nevius.”