Matt Tyrnauer’s film “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” tells the David and Goliath story of urban activist Jane Jacobs.
Motivated by devastating neighborhood demolitions, Jacobs found herself going head-to-head with New York City’s powerful urban renewal czar Robert Moses. Her efforts literally saved Washington Square Park from becoming a thoroughfare.
Jacobs believed the cities were people, not fancy new buildings.
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