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The Legacy of Jane Jacobs

Thursday, March 16 at 6:30pm

Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, 11201

The following is a Brooklyn Historical Society event.

In 1960 Jane Jacobs’s book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds. Join us as New York Times columnist Ginia Bellafante talks to Matt Tyrnauer, director and producer of the acclaimed documentary Citizen Jane: Battle For the City, Robert Hammond, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Friends of the High Line, and Dr. Samuel Zipp, Associate Professor of American and Urban Studies at Brown University and co-editor of Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs, about Jacobs’ extraordinary impact on the urban landscape.

$10 / $5 for Brooklyn Historical Society Members

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