Jane Jacobs at the National Building Museum

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Jane Jacobs gives a half hour talk at the National Building Museum after receiving the Vincent Scully Prize on November 11, 2000. Jacobs was the author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", published in 1961. She gained fame opposing projects by Robert Moses that would have destroyed New York City neighborhoods.
By John Z Wetmore, producer of "Perils For Pedestrians".

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What a gem she was. I have all her books.

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Happy 100th birthday, Jane Jacobs!

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If there was a woman that could see into the future and discover the fate of a cities success or failure with logical thinking, Jane would be that woman! A true visionary!

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"Success has priced out Diversity" -- Jane Jacobs