Native Scrantonian Jane Butzner Jacobs didn’t mention her hometown in her seminal 1961 treatise on urban vitality and decline, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” That work, and her role in ...
Robert Kanigel's new biography recounts the life of Jacobs, a Greenwich Village public intellectual who championed street life and community.... 'Eyes On The Street' Details Jane Jacobs' Efforts To ...
Part I: An uncredentialed woman, 1916-1954. A generous place to live ; Outlaw ; Ladies' nest of owls, and other milestones in the education of Miss Jane Butzner ; The great bewildering world ; ...
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