Jane Jacobs was an avid writer and a fervent activist in getting her opinions heard. She single handedly influenced the way people saw urban planning without any traditional schooling in architecture. Her lack of schooling gave a critics a big platform on which to attack her credentials, however this did not deter her from what she set out to accomplish. She was relentless in attacking current city planning principles and was definitely a force to be reckoned with. Although she had her fair share of critics, she persevered with her clear vision of city planning, leaving a great legacy. In this paper, we will begin with her history and motive for speaking out on urban city planning, as well as focus on what city planning was characterized as before Jane Jacobs came into the picture to reinvent it. The paper will focus on her main points in her two most recognized and controversial books – The Death and Life of American Great Cities and Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life – as well as her critics’ responses to this new take on city planning and rebuilding. We will close with her achievements and impact she left behind. Jane Jacobs was born on May 4, 1914 and left quite …show more content…
This was the first time she publicly spoke out her opinions of city planning and needless to say her unwavering opinions were under fire as she spoke about her new ideas that would change the way urban city planning was going. During this time she also jumped onboard to join a letter writing campaign to protest a city plan that called for a highway to run through the center of Washington Square. Jacobs was in disbelief and would not let this happen. She wrote a strongly worded letter to Mayor Robert Wagner, stating that this new development is making it impossible for the city to be
The three quotations demonstrate how slavery has been understood differently by different people and it those who view it through the lens of white supremacy that produces the experiences like those of Mary Prince and Harriet Jacobs. Although narratives like Mary Prince’s were written as propaganda to reveal the brutal torture and inhuman conditions slaves experience under their cruel masters, slave owners like Harriet Jacob’s mother’s mistress and Mrs. Williams, Mary Prince’s owner as a child, demonstrate that some slaves were treated as mere labour workers in the household. In the first text, Jacobs is reminiscing her life under her mother’s mistress’s ownership. She recalls that upon her mother’s death, her mother’s mistress promised that
It is well known that slavery was a horrible event in the history of the United States. However, what isn't as well known is the actual severity of slavery. The experiences of slave women presented by Angela Davis and the theories of black women presented by Patricia Hill Collins are evident in the life of Harriet Jacobs and show the severity of slavery for black women.
With movements such as Nat Turner’s rebellion in Virginia in 1831, Southern whites felt strongly pressured to defend slavery. Many attempted to justify their actions and state that slavery was good for society; “a positive good rather than a necessary evil”. Southern whites had the idea of Paternalism meaning it was their duty to protect and take care of their slaves and they were considered family. However, slaves such as Harriet Jacobs and Solomon Northup thought differently. Harriet Jacobs was treated more as property than a family member and thousands of slaves such as Northup were punished harshly for miniscule reasons.
In the stories expressed by Harriet Jacobs, through the mindset of Linda Brent, some harsh realities were revealed about slavery. I’ve always known slavery existed and that it was a very immoral act. But never before have I been introduced to actual events that occurred. Thought the book Linda expresses how she wasn’t the worst off. Not to say her life wasn’t difficult, but she acknowledged that she knows she was not treated as bad as others.
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, tells the story of a woman struggling with her insanity. While the insanity is obvious, where it comes from is allusive to the reader. It is possible that her environment could spark the changes in her mental state, but her husband is not innocent in the matter. When environment and marital pressure are combined, Jane tries to escape from it all by trying to free herself.
historical interactions shaped by an ocean of economic tides. It has been both blessed and scorned by its’ centuries of existence, both praised and cursed by its’ generations of inhabitants, seen both repetition and divergence, but one notion is certain: its’ evolution is perpetual. This analysis serves to journey through the vast history of Philadelphia, evaluating its’ economic successes and failures, while simultaneously gaining an understanding of how these outcomes shaped its’ evolutions as a city. The journey begins at the birthplace of Philadelphia, well before
In the introduction, Brooks writes about political power and planning Theory and its connection to the practice of planning. He argues planning and politics are connected which is also connected residents, politicians, and developers. Planners have an external influence that shape their roles and responsibility. In the U.S., planners lack the institutional authorities support, which handicaps planners’ professional. Because of this, planners are always between private enterprises and public good. Planning and politics are not separate they are professionally connected. Using positive and normative theories; “positive attempt to explain how things operate while normative tell us how they should operate" (pg. 22). Are one way to bridge the gap between theory and practice and this should not be unique to the planning profession. However, planning theory is less important, but planers still prescript to it because of the “wicked” contemporary problems.
Besides being an anti-imperialist, she was largely for equality and that everyone could participate in important situations and issues. She was part of many women’s leagues and was the founder of the Hull House. The Hull Houses gave a life to the poor and immigrants who struggled in a competitive world. It gave them education, a home, health care, social circumstances, and safety. She was never married, so she spent her life dedicated to promoting peace. She believed that war, force, and violence only brought pain, struggle,and problems for family. She saw working together instead of using force was way more powerful and successful. War and violence only hindered the world and created a loss in compassion and kindness. At the Chicago Liberty Meeting, which protested imperialism in the Philippines, Jane was the only woman to speak. “To ‘protect the weak’ has always been the excuse of the ruler and tax-gatherer, the chief, the king, the baron; and now, at last, of ‘the white man’” (Addams 1899). The United States often didn’t listen to the anti-imperialists but they continued to peacefully fight for
Urban planning is an interesting job that is necessary for the function of almost all modern communities. Urban planners work most often for local governments and plan out new developments and means of transportation, devise the most economically profitable and environmentally friendly layouts for buildings and towns, and even plotting out how to make the surrounding environment more aesthetically pleasing (“Urban and Regional Planners.”). Potential candidates for this occupation are almost always required to have skills in areas such as active listening, speaking, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and decision making (“Explore Careers :: Urban and Regional Planners.). It is growing at about an average pace, with a ten percent growth predicted between 2012 and 2022, from the current 38,700 jobs to 42,700. The pay is fairly high, with a national median pay of $65,230. Urban planners usually work normal work hours as well as extra time for meeting with colleagues and teammates. The vast majority of them work in local government, and they work in offices for the planning portion and travel to work sites to see the outcome and evaluate possible decisions. Urban planning is separated in...
...diversity through her narrative in Chapter 12-13. She argues that diversity is intrinsically responsible for allowing city life to flourish in a productive manner, and as well provides the foundation for the perpetuation of urban environments. I strongly agree with Jacobs’ insights as to the urban planning techniques that maintain diversity in the city.
Finally, this paper will explore the “end product” that exists today through the works of the various authors outlined in this course and explain how Los Angeles has survived many decades of evolution, breaking new grounds and serving as the catalyst for an urban metropolis.
The current aspirations of the planning community hearken to the past efforts of theorists like Howard, Mumford, Adams and Geddes. Howard, for example, identified many social and environmental inequities arising from industrialization and exploitation of resources. Hence he, and his contemporaries, believed that these could best be addressed through planning efforts that tackled these challenges pro-actively. Contemporary regional planning trends, such as urban growth boundaries, transit oriented development, sustainability planning, and reinvestment in central cities are largely a response to the already ubiquitous reverberations of a lack of foresight. It is my hope that in their current iteration, these efforts are successful in dampening the effects for the next generation.
...as focusing only in the aesthetics of a city. His book helped the Progressive movement to take shape. Progressives argued that planning should deal with all major problems of the American cities and proposed a system of zoning. In the beginning the zoning was focusing on building sizes however a more modern approach deals with land use, population and housing densities, parks thus leading in to more complex zoning systems. (Fleissig & Jacobsen, 2002). In modern era, the zoning played a crucial role in the flourishing of the urban planner profession. Zonings in a lot of countries need to be justified by a rational plan and the outcome of the plan can be justified in court if necessary. Thus trained planners with experience are needed to carry on the task. The major zoning classes are the industrial, residential and commercial, but those classes can be refined further.
The first “modern” urban planning system was created in Paris in 1854 under the will of Napoleon III and the organization abilities of Georges Haussmann. Back then the triple relationship existed but were ignored. The total reconstruction of Paris was not for the people but t...