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April, 2006
Tributes to Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs,
mother of our sort of urban planning, died April 25, 2006. We can't
possibly keep up with all the Jacobs stories appearing as a result, but we
did want to acknowledger her passing and share information on the memorial
event and the competition.
New York Times obit
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/books/26jacobs.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.gothamgazette.com/suggests
4 links provided. One blog Polis proposes two Jacobs inspired
events, a memorial gathering and a competition:
from Polis
http://nycenvirons.blogspot.com/ posted by Lisa
Chamberlain
Gathering for Jane Jacobs at White Horse
I've heard from a handful of people interested in a gathering for Jane
Jacobs. The consensus is to meet at the White Horse Tavern at
Hudson and W. 11th. So let's do that for a happy hour drink on
Tuesday (a week after her death), May 2 at 6:00 at the
elbow of the bar in the front room (if it's nice, we can move outside).
Bring something with you (a favorite passage from Death and Life, flowers
to lay at 555 Hudson, or whatever inspires you). Pass this along.
from Polis
http://nycenvirons.blogspot.com/2006/04/nominate-best-jane-jacobs-block-in-nyc.html
Nominate the Best Jane Jacobs Block in NYC
...A contest to name the most Jane Jacobsian block in New York City. The
idea is to celebrate the "street ballet" of your favorite block, not just
because you like it, but because it exhibits the characteristics that Jane
Jacobs enumerated as essential ingredients to a quality urban life. (Click
http://www.answers.com/topic/jane-jacobs for more about Jane Jacobs,
who was profoundly influential on urban planning practices and lived on
Hudson Street until 1968 before she died in Toronto on April 25, 2006).
What are Jacobsian street characteristics, you ask? She had four: 1. mixed
primary uses, 2. short blocks, 3. old buildings (i.e. cheap space,
although nowdays, that is hardly the same thing), 4. high density. To this
I would add, 5. infill redevelopment.
Curbed
http://www.curbed.com/ is teaming up with Polis to manage the contest.
Here are some guidelines:
* Submit at least 3 but up to 6 pictures of the block.
* 250 words or less about the block
* Video in lieu of pictures and words (2 min or less) is fine
* Must be a single block -- define the streets, and the cross-streets
Post photos to the Jane Jacobs Block flickr pool
http://www.flickr.com/groups/janejacobsblock/ and tag your photos with
janejacobsblock...
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