If we want incremental development that creates walkable places, while building local wealth and improving traditional neighborhoods, we need to make sure our zoning codes enable that vision.
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Jane Jacobs was actually more about how to think than what to do.
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Nolan Gray, a writer for Market Urbanism, analyzes Jane Jacobs' work in light of Hayekian philosophy and discusses the need to move away from central planning.
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Many people associate Jacobs with a love of walkable neighborhoods, urban parks and historic buildings. What they fail to grasp is that these are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Jane Jacobs’ critique of the orthodox urban planning tradition unfolds in three steps, closely following F.A. Hayek’s argument in The Use of Knowledge in Society.
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In honor of Jane Jacobs week, we are seeking to fill an intellectual void by providing an oath for urban planners.
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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.
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We need to read all of Jacobs’ books in order to put her more popular work into a larger perspective.
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Jane Jacobs was a courageous intellectual wanderer who truly knew no limits.
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One 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.
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Share photos of urban renewal sites in your community with the hashtag #UsedToBe and tell us what used to be there.
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Jane Jacobs repeatedly challenges us to embrace the complex -- the ballet -- and not just that which is simple and easy to code.
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We 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.
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Andrew 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.
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The kind of thinking America needs right now.
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New 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.
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Happy 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.
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Please take some time today to remember those who suffered from our collective hubris. Then vow to never to be fooled by randomness.
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