Jane Jacobs hypothetical interview on the 15-minute city.
By Jon Glasco and ChatGPT. If Jane Jacobs was alive today and actively engaging with the smart city community, her sharp critique of urban planning trends would likely provide a fresh and insightful perspective on today’s transportation challenges and opportunities. Here’s how she might address some of the major issues in a...
Jane Jacobs: Death and Life of Cities
Jane Jacobs’s “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, her main book published in 1961, still remains a surprising source of ideas covering a multitude of aspects that guide life in cities: the economy, security, habitat, traffic, governance, planning, participation…
Jane Jacobs’ predictions about Detroit
Jane Jacobs thought intensely about Detroit. Almost a decade after her death, the shadow of Jane Jacobs keeps growing as architects, urban planners and city makers discover (and worship) her acute understanding of how cities work. We owe Jane Jacobs the exploit of placing humans at the center of urbanism, in a time where cities were...
