{"id":4504,"date":"2022-05-09T20:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2022-05-09T20:17:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:17:44","slug":"jane-her-own-urban-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=4504","title":{"rendered":"Jane: Her Own Urban Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4505\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4505\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4505\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Jacobs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As in Jane Jacobs, urban planner, writer and activist who argued that urban renewal didn\u2019t 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 for the Lower Manhattan Expressway which would have wrecked what today is Soho along with parts of Little Italy and Chinatown.<\/p>\n<p>Jane is recognized on a weekend in May all over the world. In New York City the Municipal Arts Society organizes a group of free, docent-lead tours knows as Jane\u2019s Walk. I went on one that more or less centered around the East River. Although I\u2019ve lived here my entire life, I didn\u2019t know about the fire on June 15, 1904 on the paddlewheel boat the General Slocum.\u00a0 The fire\u2019s cause was possibly a carelessly discarded match; of the 1,358 passengers, many of whom were women and children, 1,021 died, largely because they couldn\u2019t swim and were hampered by the heavy clothing of the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4508\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Slocum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also didn\u2019t know (or forgot) that York Avenue was named for Sergeant Alvin York, one of the most decorated soldiers of WWI. TCM fans probably know the 1941 movie, <em>Sergeant York<\/em>, staring Gary Cooper which brought him that year\u2019s Oscar for Best Actor.<\/p>\n<p>One more Jane-related factoid: Since its founding in 1901, Rockefeller University has produced twenty-six Nobel Prize winners.<\/p>\n<p>Having tried and failed to find a recipe with \u201ccity\u201d in it (if you come across one I\u2019d love to hear) I\u2019m going with a Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4513 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5af310cf41d6e-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5af310cf41d6e-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5af310cf41d6e-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5af310cf41d6e.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2 ounces rye whiskey (or bourbon if you prefer)<\/p>\n<p>1 ounce sweet vermouth<\/p>\n<p>2 dashes Angostura bitters<\/p>\n<p>1 dash orange bitters<\/p>\n<p>Garnish: brandied cherry or lemon twist<\/p>\n<p>Add the bourbon (or rye), sweet vermouth and both bitters to a mixing glass with ice, and stir until well-chilled.\u00a0 Strain into a chilled coupe. (I doubt that you will be struck by lightening if you use a glass.} Garnish with a brandied cherry (which everyone has around the house) or a lemon twist.<\/p>\n<p>Before your first sip raise your glass to Jane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As in Jane Jacobs, urban planner, writer and activist who argued that urban renewal didn\u2019t respect the lives of city dwellers. 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