Jane Jacobs didn’t trust urban planners. She once told me that planners would call her all the time and tell her what great work they were doing in her name. Then she would find out that they were ...

The opposing visions of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses towards city building resonate with many New Yorkers today. It is certainly clear to me that Jane Jacobs is now the prevailing force. While no one ...

Jane Jacobs, 89, a writer and activist who condemned urban-renewal efforts for devastating inner-city neighborhoods and, despite an initial reputation as a radical and heretic, was vindicated as an ...

Jane Jacobs and the "battle for the street" / Ray Suarez -- The mirage of the efficient city / Sanford Ikeda -- The intelligence of informality / Nabeel Hamdi -- The Tao of urbanism : integrating ...

A pedestrian passage, Paseo de Artista, was included in the original plan of La Fénix. Mission Local is home to San Francisco’s premier political reporter, serving up analysis you can’t get elsewhere.

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 ; ...