Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs (81 page)

“If planning is good”
: “Quotation of the Day,”
New York Times
, May 12, 1962. In another version: “I’m pretty sick of people being hurt in the concrete and benefited in the abstract, and this is what is always happening in planning.”
Matter
, p. 60. Or again: “There is nothing more frustrating than to be continually hurt in the concrete while you are continually assured, by persons out of touch with the realities, that you are being helped in the abstract.” JJ, Alan B. Plaunt Memorial Lecture, “The Changing Economy of Canada,” March 19, 1970, Burns, 42:1.

“Any child is more important”
: “Efficiency and the Commons,” conversation between JJ and Janice Gross Stein, November 15, 2001, in
Ideas That Matter
2, no. 2 (n.d).

“I’ve had a very easy life”
:
Matter
, p. 13.

Sabilla Bodine
: See Jacobs/Butzner genealogical chart, Burns, 4:7. The original Sabilla Bodine died April 4, 1825.

“dynamics of civilization”
:
D&L
, p. xii.

“we live in a graveyard”
:
Dark
, p. 3.

“not the book”
: Bruce Fisher. Other harsh reviews included those of Michiko Kakutani in
The
New York Times
, who called it an “extremely sloppy book”; and Peter Laurence, writing in the
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
, who termed her last book perhaps “her least original and least persuasive.” Jane, says her son Jim, was aware it was not as strong as her other books; she did it too quickly.

“Even if we go into darkness”
: Gopnik.

“began by writing about sidewalks”
: Mazer.

“To civilization!”
:
Systems
, p. 214.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography excludes Wikipedia and similar such online entries; routine newspaper articles, obituaries, brochures, and newsletter entries; ordinary genealogical information about the Butzners, Robisons, and Jacobses; and newspaper clippings and the like bearing on local history. When relevant, these are mostly consigned to the Notes.

The 1997 book
Ideas That Matter
, edited by Max Allen, and abbreviated in the Notes as
Matter
, is a particularly rich sampling of information about Jane Jacobs, containing hundreds of articles, letters, and excerpts culled from the Jane Jacobs Papers held at the Burns Library in Boston, as well as some original contributions. The numerous citations in the Notes to this essential book simply cite the page number; for further bibliographical reference consult the book itself. The book
Ideas That Matter
was inspired by a conference of the same name held in Toronto in 1997. The same name was used for a short-lived journal, which is referred to in the Notes by its full name.

As for Jane Jacobs’s own work, writings published under her maiden name, Jane Butzner, appear under that name. Articles written for
Amerika
in Russian translation do not appear here but are referred to in the text and the Notes.

WORKS BY JANE JACOBS

BOOKS

The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
50th anniversary edition. New York: Modern Library. Originally published by Random House, 1961.

The Economy of Cities.
New York: Vintage Books, 1970.

The Question of Separatism: Quebec and the Struggle over Sovereignty.
Montreal: Baraka Books, 1980.

Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life.
New York: Vintage Books, 1985.

The Girl on the Hat.
Illustrated by Karen Reczuch. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics.
New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

The Nature of Economies.
New York: Vintage Books, 2001.

Dark Age Ahead.
New York: Vintage Books, 2005.

Jacobs, Jane, ed., with introduction and commentary.
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece.
New York: Vintage Books, 1997.

SELECTED ARTICLES
(including uncredited ones where JJ is known to be the author)
,
TALKS, PANEL PRESENTATIONS

“Islands the Boats Pass By.”
Harper’s Bazaar
(July 1947).

“Big Double Hospital.”
Architectural Forum
(June 1952), unbylined.

“Self-Selection.”
Architectural Forum
(November 1953), unbylined.

“Hitch-hiking with the Fish.” Unpublished article, ca. 1954. Burns 22:8.

“Philadelphia’s Redevelopment.”
Architectural Forum
(July 1955), unbylined.

“The Missing Link in City Redevelopment.”
Architectural Forum
(June 1956).

“By 1976 What City Pattern?”
Architectural Forum
(September 1956), unbylined.

“Our ‘Surplus’ Land.”
Architectural Forum
(March 1957), unbylined editorial.

“New York’s Office Boom.”
Architectural Forum
(March 1957).

“Row Houses for Cities.”
Architectural Forum
(May 1957).

“Metropolitan Government.”
Architectural Forum
(August 1957).

“Washington.”
Architectural Forum
(January 1958).

“The City’s Threat to Open Land.”
Architectural Forum
(January 1958), unbylined.

“Redevelopment Today.”
Architectural Forum
(April 1958), unbylined.

“Downtown Is for People.” In Whyte,
The Exploding Metropolis
, 157–84.

“Talk Given April 20, 1958, at a dinner panel of the New School Associates.” Typescript. Burns.

“New Heart for Baltimore.”
Architectural Forum
(June 1958).

“What Is a City?”
Architectural Forum
(July 1958), unbylined editorial.

“Housing for the Independent Age.”
Architectural Forum
(August 1958).

“Modern City Planning: The Victory over Vitality.”
Columbia University Forum
(fall 1961).

“Remarks at Ceremony at Westbeth, Late 1960s.” Annotated typescript. Burns 42:1.

“The Citizen in Urban Renewal: Participation or Manipulation?” Typescript. February 21, 1962. Burns.

Unpublished, untitled two-page essay on civil disobedience, ca. November 1967. Burns.

“Strategies for Helping Cities.”
American Economic Review
(September 1969).

“Response to Remarks by Mr. Rouse and Mr. Safdie.” Typescript. Boston, 1980. Burns.

“Can Big Plans Solve the Problem of Renewal?” Typescript of lecture, for international congress, “Considerations in Urban Redevelopment,” Hamburg, West Germany, 1981. Burns 13:1.

“Why TVA Failed.”
New York Review of Books
, May 10, 1984.

“The Responsibilities of Cities.” Typescript. Queen’s Lecture, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, September 1984. Burns.

Speech on women as business creators, November 1992. Typescript. Burns 13:1.

“Reading, Writing, and Love-Apples.” In Ellen Perry Berkeley,
At Grandmother’s Table.
Minneapolis: Fairview Press, 2000.

“Time and Change as Neighbourhood Allies.”
Ideas That Matter
3, no. 2 (n.d.): 4–7. Excerpted from address given on receiving 2001 Vincent Scully Prize. Burns 22:33.

Introduction to Mark Twain’s
The Innocents Abroad.
New York: Modern Library, 2003.

“The Past, Present and Future of the Office Skyscraper.” Lewis Mumford lecture, May 6, 2004. Typescript, in several edited versions, courtesy Anne Collins and David Ebershoff.

“The Greening of the City.”
New York Times
, May 16, 2004.

SECONDARY SOURCES

“Abattoir for Sacred Cows.” Brief reviews of
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
, by Charles Abrams, Henry S. Churchill, Leonard K. Eaton, Robert L. Geddes, Percival Goodman, Kevin Lynch, Eugene Raskin, and Catherine Bauer Wurster.
Progressive Architecture
(April 1962).

Alexander, Don.
Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom, Princeton, N.J.
Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2006.

Alexander, Don, and Joe Weadick. Interview with Jane Jacobs. October 2000. Transcript. Burns 38:1.

Alexiou, Alice Sparberg.
Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2006.

Allen, Max, ed.
Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs.
Owen Sound, Ont.: Ginger Press, 1997.

Amateau, Albert. “Jane Jacobs, Urban Legend, Returns Downtown.”
Villager
(New York), May 14–20, 2004.

———. “Jane Jacobs, Activist Who Saved Village, Is Dead at 89.”
Villager
(New York), April 26–May 2, 2006.

“Analysis and Comments on the West Village Plan for Housing.” Chairman Ballard Papers, New York City Municipal Archives. (Christopher Klemek, in
The Transatlantic
, p. 291, n. 40, suggests that this was “prepared inside the City Planning Commission sometime after June 1963” and before July 1964.)

Atkinson, Brooks. “Jane Jacobs, Author of Book on Cities, Makes the Most of Living in One.”
New York Times
, November 10, 1961.

Auchincloss, Eve, and Nancy Lynch. “Disturber of the Peace: Jane Jacobs.”
Mademoiselle
(October 1962).

Ballon, Hillary, and Kenneth T. Jackson.
Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York.
New York: W. W. Norton, 2007.

Barber, John. “Jacobs Embraced as Economic Guru.”
Globe and Mail
, October 15, 1997.

Beauman, Ned. “Rereading: T
he Death and Life of Great American Citie
s by Jane Jacobs.”
Guardian
,
www.guardian.co.uk
., October 14, 2011.

Bébout, Rick. “Master Builders Meet Citizen Activists.”
http://www.rbebout.com/queen/mtc/2ptref.htm
, 2002.

Berman, Marshall.
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.

Blake, Peter.
Form Follows Fiasco: Why Modern Architecture Hasn’t Worked.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1976.

———.
No Place Like Utopia: Modern Architecture and the Company We Kept.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

Bole, William. “Urban Legend.”
Boston College Magazine
(fall 2010): 14–22.

Books and Authors Luncheon, March 19, 1962. Audio. New York City Municipal Archives, wnyc_LT9522.

Bramwell, Austin. “Cobblestone Conservative.”
American Conservative
, October 5, 2011.

Brand, Stewart. “Vital Cities: An Interview with Jane Jacobs.”
Whole Earth
(winter 1998).

Bromley, Hank. “The Convention Follies, Part 5: A Conversation with Jane Jacobs.”
Artvoice
11, no. 30 (July 27, 2000).

The Burning World.
Film. McLuhan Associates, 1970.