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Jane Jacobs’s First City
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Jane Jacobs's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania, reveals how this influential thinker’s works germinated in her home city. Pub date: May 4, 2021.
Missed a #JanesWalk this weekend? Keep the spirit going with "Jane Jacobs’s First City" by Glenna Lang—a deep dive into Scranton’s past and Jacobs’s legacy of people-first cities.

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May 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Community-led in the spirit of Jane Jacobs.

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May 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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A fall in street socializing is an ominous development for urban communities that thrive on human interaction.

Jane Jacobs: “Streets and their sidewalks, the main public places of a city, are its most vital organs.”
January 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM