Jane's Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs. The walks get people to tell stories about their communities, explore their cities, and connect with neighbors. Denise Pinto, Global Director of the organization discusses the impact of Jane's Walks on communities around the world.
Read MoreWe need to read all of Jacobs’ books in order to put her more popular work into a larger perspective.
Read MoreJane Jacobs was a courageous intellectual wanderer who truly knew no limits.
Read MoreOne historic home at a time, St. Paul, MN is demonstrating how a critical mass of Strong Citizens can be an incredible asset to a troubled area, and how local government can play a constructive role in the incremental revitalization of such an area.
Read MoreShare photos of urban renewal sites in your community with the hashtag #UsedToBe and tell us what used to be there.
Read MoreJane Jacobs repeatedly challenges us to embrace the complex -- the ballet -- and not just that which is simple and easy to code.
Read MoreWe at Strong Towns are big fans of Jane Jacobs. Here's a chance to help honor the late, great urbanist: From May 1-3, cities around the world will host "Jane's Walks" to explore their communities and get to know their neighbors.
Read MoreAndrew Price discusses the difference between "fine-grained" and "coarse-grained" urbanism.
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Cities like to form on water. It follows that there are thousands of cities out there struggling with their own version of North Side, South Side. The phenomenon reminds me of Jane Jacobs on border vacuums.
Read MoreThe kind of thinking America needs right now.
Read MoreNew York is frequently painted as the ideal city by urbanists, and this has resulted in a lot of justifiable skepticism from others. Here are some ways New York City’s big ideas can scale down to mid-size cities and small towns.
Read MoreHappy Jane Jacobs Day! (And now Urban Renewal Remembrance Day as well.) Today would have been the activist and urban theorist's 99th birthday, and it seems like every year, evidence continues to amass of her wisdom, foresight, and appeal to all corners of the political spectrum.
Read MorePlease take some time today to remember those who suffered from our collective hubris. Then vow to never to be fooled by randomness.
Read MoreOur challenge is not bringing order to successful chaos but creating successful chaos within a well-ordered failure.
Read MoreWorking from the top down, with efficiency as our greatest value, we can bring about great change in a short time with limited resources. What we give up with that approach is resiliency.
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