Channeling Jane: Round-up of news from around the web

It’s a big week for Jane Jacobs – what would be her 100th birthday is Wednesday, May 4th and a number of thinkers, activists, historians, detractors, fans and more are weighing in. We’re keeping track and we thought we’d highlight some of our favorite articles, blog entries and social media posts, so far this week:

May 3: Jane Jacobs was the seer of the modern city (theguardian)
May 3: Jane Jacobs, even better at 100 (Oxford University Press – OUPblog)
May 2: People flock to the Myrtle-Wyckoff Plaza for a Day (Streetsblog)
May 2: From Tahrir to Tiananmen, City Squares Can’t Escape Their History. (NPR)
May 2: The Woman who made N. Y.: Jane Jacobs and the rebirth of a great American city (New York Daily News)
May 2: Richard Florida on the Enduring Legacy of Jane Jacobs (Common Edge)
May 2: Events across the world honor the centennial of Jane Jacobs’s birthday (Architects Newspaper)
May 2: Strong Towns begins their series on Jane Jacobs week (Strong Towns)
May 1: Why Jane Jacobs matters now (History New Network)
May 1: Words You’ll Hear: Gentrification (All Things Considered, NPR)
May 1: Confirmed: Bob Dylan Did Co-Write Protest Song About Robert Moses With Jane Jacobs (Gothamist)
Apr 28: The next to last episode of There Goes The Neighborhood from WNYC and the Nation was released. You can listen to all eight episodes of the Podcast on the WNYC website.