Book Review: Jane Jacobs and the Genius of Common Sense

In my quest to understand the life, work and impact of Jane Jacobs, I have read almost every book, by or about Jane.  One book that I had put off reading was Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the Story of The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Glenna Lang and Marjory Wunsch….

Stephen Goldsmith, Editor of What We See, in Gothamist

On Tuesday,  I posted a review of the book What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs.  As I mentioned in the review, one of the books editors was Stephen Goldsmith.  At the time of the book’s publication, Stephen wrote a post for Gothamist on the life  and legacy of Jane Jacobs.  Here is what…