Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs: Badass Jane Jacobs was the arguably the most influential architect of her time. Jacobs was an architect with a purpose. Her contributions to society, many and varied, were all motivated by her love for urbanism, community and the combination of the two. I believe her success can be very much attributed to her deep passion for her community. Her passion and enthusiasm drove all of her work. Not only was she an architect, but also a journalist, author, activist, wife and mother. Because of her many roles in her community, she had a special drive to preserve her neighborhood, fueling her batter with Robert Moses in 1961. Jane Jacob’s Path To Greenwich Village Jane Jacobs grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the early 20s. She was…

and social value throughout the United States. Jane Jacobs, a woman with no political or neighborhood planning background began fighting against the bulldozer mentality in New York City that sought to construct highways and skyscrapers, which displaced many individuals, particularly minority groups. While the word placemaking was not realized until the late 20th century, Jacobs initiated this movement, gaining support from residents of the city. In this project, I intend to reveal how Jane…

First, Jane Jacobs analyze the parks which is small scale of neighborhood park. As she mentioned failed and successful parks such as Rittenhouse Square, Rockefeller Plaza, Washington Square, and Boston Common, she gives us to certain reasons that surrounding is one of the big factors to be good or bad park. She believes that Generalization can explain any single park. In Philadelphia, four squares which have same size, same age, and same original use are good example of explaining what…

out and disconnected from the text. Stay rooted in the Jacobs. By dividing groups into different camps, members of both camps develop a strong “us vs. them” mentality, which, when utilized effectively, is one of the most powerful persuasive techniques. In Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs explores microcosms of cities to argue what succeeds and fails in city planning. Moreover, she challenges contemporary city planners, who she contends rely on idealistic,…

Paradigm Changes: Vernacular in Time of Jane Jacobs and New Urbanism New Urbanist principles and the values they engender have align with the apparent revival of U.S. neoconservatism over the recent decades. This is evident in the close tie between New Urbanism’s brand of urban values and its explicitly stated desire to return to certain past; the vernacular. This unbroken trend towards increasing economies of scale at the economic and organizational levels have since been enjoying increasing…

Jane Jacobs, was an American urbanist, in her video she shares her insights into urban planning which is explained in her video Urban Wisdom. She presented that the notions motivating city development in the beginning six decades within the twentieth century were largely confusing, theoretical images of the city, unconnected from any full understanding of what truly makes cities work, when they do so. Jane Jacobs was a keen observer of modern city life, highly alert to the concrete circumstances…

What are the goals of the “orthodox” urban planners (Garden Cities” theorists, Le Corbusier etc.) whom Jacob criticizes? Jane Jacobs throughout Chapter 1 of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” explains her philosophy regarding urban planning that is centered around using the successes and failures of existing cities as a paradigm for urban planning and design. Jacobs claims that cities “are an immense laboratory of trial and error” in which city planning should be based off of…

Every story includes a beginning, middle and end. However, projects have a continuous cycle that most people lack the knowledge to understand. Jane Jacobs discusses the failing method of designing one project and duplicating the same low-income housing to give the project a new beginning. The strategy of rebuilding has not been successful. Eliminating slums or halting the decaying of neighborhoods in cities has not been accomplished. This concept of salvaging continues the failing method in a…

Jane Jacob starts off chapter 3 talking about judgment and the profound misunderstanding of cities. She compares testimonial banquet to the social life of city sidewalks since they are both public and bring people together. The city sidewalks are used for various reasons from meeting someone, socializing and even public contact. Trust is also very important for sidewalks so that they can be safe places to contact. A matter of city privacy is talked about throughout the entire chapter. Privacy…

Introduction Both Jane Jacob and Richard Florida are huge influence in contemporary urban development while both of them emphasized the importance of creativity. This article provides us very general ideas of both Jane Jacob and Richard Florida towards the definition and composition of creative class, which opens up the topic for broader discussions. This short essay used qualitative analysis based on based on two interviews. On the one hand, the main argument of Richard Florida that is drawn…