Jane Jacobs

Also known as Jane Butzner, Jane Butzner Jacobs

American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist (1916–2006)

Person · Open Library

Born: 4 May 1916
Died: 25 April 2006
Works: 32

Top works

Jane Jacobs visits Pittsburgh
American Earth
Reprints of three reviews of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs, Random House. 1961
Tod und Leben grosser amerikanischer Städte
The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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Film & TV

Acting · Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Known for

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City — Herself (uncredited, archival footage)2017
Wild Hearts1992
Empire City — Self1985
City Limits — self1971

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Belgium
Active from: 1916
Active to: 2006

belgian conductorbelgian countertenorclassicalconductorcountertenor

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 55
Total plays: 579

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,303x
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,515x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,371x
The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,764x
MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography
· 2009 · cited 13,675x

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Quotes

“I did have an inkling that I was going to be a writer. That was my intention.”
“I was brought up to believe that there is no virtue in conforming meekly to the dominant opinion of the moment. I was encouraged to believe that simple conformity results in stagnation for a society, and that American progress has been largely owing to the opportunity for experimentation, the leeway given initiative, and to a gusto and a freedom for chewing over odd ideas.”
“I was taught that the American's right to be a free individual, not at the mercy of the state, was hard-won and that its price was eternal vigilance, that I too would have to be vigilant. I was made to feel that it would be a disgrace to me, as an individual, if I should not value or should give up rights that were dearly bought. I am grateful for that upbringing.”
“We must demonstrate that it is possible to overcome poverty, misery and decay by democratic means, and we must ourselves believe, and must show others, that our American tradition of the dignity and liberty of the individual is not a luxury for easy times but is the basic source of the strength and security of a successful society.”
“Great cities are not like towns, only larger. They are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of them is that cities are, by definition, full of strangers.”
“It may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things do work, but only what kind of quick, easy outer impression they give. If so, there is little hope for our cities or probably for much else in our society. But I do not think this is so.”

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Key facts

Born: Jane Isabel Butzner , ( 1916-05-04 ) 4 May 1916, Scranton, Pennsylvania , US
Died: 25 April 2006 (2006-04-25) (aged 89), Toronto , Ontario, Canada
Occupations: Journalist author urban theorist activist
Employers: Amerika Architectural Forum
Organizations: Joint Committee to Stop the Lower Manhattan Expressway Stop Spadina Save Our City Coordinating Committee
Notable work: The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life (1984)
Spouse: Robert Jacobs ( married"}]]}'>m. 1944 )
Awards: Vincent Scully Prize (2000)

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date of birth: 1916-05-04
date of death: 2006-04-25
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name in native language: Jane Jacobs
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Article

Jane Isabel Jacobs (née Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that "urban renewal" and "slum clearance" did not respect the needs of city-dwellers.

Jacobs organized grassroots efforts to protect neighborhoods from urban renewal and slum clearance, in particular plans by Robert Moses to overhaul her own Greenwich Village neighborhood. She was instrumental in the eventual cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have passed directly through the area of Manhattan that would later become known as SoHo, as well as part of Little Italy and Chinatown. She was arrested in 1968 for inciting a crowd at a public hearing on that project. After moving to Toronto in 1968, she joined the opposition to the Spadina Expressway and the associated network of expressways in Toronto that were planned and under construction.