Talk:Washington Square Village

Jane Jacobs
In the AFD, someone mentioned something about Jane Jacobs being inspired to write Death and Life of Great American Cities partially by the controversey surrounding Washington Square Village and associated urban reworking. I only found one DIRECT mention of WSV in "DaLoGAC", however: a footnote telling of a cartoon put out by an activist group featuring Washington Square Village residents commenting on the dubious advantages of living in the complex, with one resident being unable to hear the other because of the noise of the neighbor's toilet. However, Jane Jacobs mentions Washington Square Village INDIRECTLY in the book, pointing out an attempt by Bob Moses to put a highway down the park's middle to a "Radiant City" south of the park. Jacobs' cartoon comment occurred in a chapter arguing for the need for older buildings, which, according to Jacobs, help preserve diversity, which helps keeps neighborhoods from stagnating. 204.52.215.107 20:32, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Photo
I replaced the image on the left with the one on the right, because I think it looks better without the van and the grocery store in the way. However, the new picture is mine, so I realize I could be wrong and am open to a second opinion. Padraic 18:58, 20 July 2007 (UTC)