NYC's Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village is a wonderful respite from the city but all around it, secrets abound in the history of how it came to be.
The Municipal Arts Society and Jane Jacobs Present Jane's Walks 2013, including an Untapped Cities tour of Woodside, Queens.
Video recap of Jane Jacobs: Revisited, a Rockefeller Bellagio Conference, entitled "City Building in the 21st Century."
Is Brownsville, Brooklyn””long regarded as one of New York’s most troubled neighborhoods””ready for its comeback? There are some hopeful signs.
In honor of founder Isaiah Sheffer, we look back at the history of Symphony Space and what it meant for the Upper West Side.
The Municipal Arts Society and Jane Jacobs Present Jane's Walks 2012.
David Freeland takes us through Harlem's forgotten and celebrated gems on his Jane's Walk
There's something bold about a store that only sells one item: $45 cups. But maybe it's appropriate that such a store occupies the first floor of Jane Jacobs' home on 555 Hudson Street where she wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I attended the recent "Snapshots in Storefronts" event by the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation (GVSHP) as a volunteer, which allowed me to traverse up and down the stairs of the old home and check out the basement.