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Jane: Her Own Urban Legend

As in Jane Jacobs, urban planner, writer and activist who argued that urban renewal didn’t respect the lives of city dwellers. Jacobs stood up to Robert Moses who wanted to overhaul Greenwich Village where she lived and helped cancel plans … Continue reading

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Razzle Dazzle

The summer I was eight, my parents rented a house in scenic Scarsdale and sent me to a well-regarded day camp that I loathed.  The house was probably a very ordinary suburban house but it had two fascinating features: one … Continue reading

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