Gothamist: Knitters for Jane Jacobs

Tim N.

Wed, 24 May 2006 16:04:49 -0500

People are getting thrown out of their homes. That would have been enough for our beloved Jane. It should be enough for anyone.

Brightliner

Wed, 24 May 2006 16:00:08 -0500

I'd be happy to accept your opinion if you can come up with any citations or even any legitimate reasoning why she would support a giant development like this. From the sound of it, you have never read her book, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," which she continued to reiterate and take pride in in interviews as late as 2001. Unless she did a complete about-face in her final years, she remained a stalwart opponent of grand "urban renewal" schemes.

Drew

Wed, 24 May 2006 15:42:20 -0500

I bet she also hated people putting words in her mouth and using "what Jane Jacobs would have thought" as an argument in her name.

Brightliner

Wed, 24 May 2006 12:19:56 -0500

It's too bad Jane never officially commented on Atlantic Yards. Surely she would have been aghast at that monstrosity, as destructive in its own right as the Lower Manhattan Expressway would have been. A little searching shows that a couple of architecture critics agree that she would have hated it.

anna

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:59:34 -0500

i was referring to the knitting in the park, not the car stealing in case it needed any clarification.

anna

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:58:35 -0500

that's awesome. long live jane jacobs' spirit.

h

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:58:03 -0500

I saw a couple of knitters stealing a car last night.