Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Sundance Selects | Release Date: April 21, 2017

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BeeceeMay 9, 2017

This is a good summary of the impact of Jane Jacobs, citizen planner, giving us a history of the soulless "Radiant City" theory of planning, the damage it has done , and the damage it may yet do (in places like China). Although we are out ofThis is a good summary of the impact of Jane Jacobs, citizen planner, giving us a history of the soulless "Radiant City" theory of planning, the damage it has done , and the damage it may yet do (in places like China). Although we are out of the era of massive U.S. expressway and housing project construction, it is important to know how we got there. I somehow wish there was more biographical detail on Jane herself and an illustration on how her theories worked in New York City neighborhoods. Yet this is a timely illustration on how citizen activism works and how it can change history.… Expand

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