The Life and Death of Jane Jacobs

Just catching up on some RSS feeds today and realized I'd missed the passing of a thinker and writer (I hesitate to call her an intellectual so as not to obscure her accessibility and anti-elitist spirit, but she certainly was a great intellect) who had a profound influence on me. Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, died last week. Though this is outside the normal scope of this blog, her approach exemplified the power that passionate beliefs, personal commitment, and good writing can have in the real world.

Her work, the people she's inspired, and the great work they've done, will live on.

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