Simply put, she saved New York City.
An intellectual giant, and tho she was nearly 90, it still feels like
too soon. We will be forever indebted to her.
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Jane Jacobs, 89: Urban legend
Apr. 25, 2006. 02:54 PM
WARREN GERARD
TORONTO STAR
Jane Jacobs was a writer, intellectual, analyst, ethicist and moral
thinker, activist, self-made economist, and a fearless critic of
inflexible authority.
Mrs. Jacobs died this morning in Toronto. She was 89.
An American who chose to be Canadian, Mrs. Jacobs was a leader in
the fights to preserve neighbourhoods and kill expressways, first in
New York City, and then in Toronto.
Her efforts to stop the proposed expressway between Manhattan Bridge
on east Manhattan and the Holland tunnel on the west ended
contributed toward saving SoHo, Chinatown, and the west side of
Greenwich Village.
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