it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and if enough fight for it, it makes it very difficult for the people with the big sticks.
Jane JacobsThe ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.
Jane JacobsIt may be that we have become so feckless as a people that we no longer care how things work but only the kind of quick, easy outer impression that they get.
Jane JacobsThis is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.
Jane JacobsExpanding the Toronto Island Airport will undermine the downtown's economy and liveability and intensify pollution and smog from Oshawa to Oakville. I urge Torontonians to close down this dangerous Trojan horse and get on with planning constructive and delightful ways of using our magnificent lakeside assets.
Jane Jacobs