Jane Jacobs Would Have Loved It: "A Civic Activist Boot Camp: Working Within and Without the System."

Places I would have liked to have been: "A Civic Activist Boot Camp: Working Within and Without the System." It was held Tuesday night (October 16) at the Municipal Art Society of New York, and “different ways to open up urban planning processes and help individuals acquire the tools necessary to make their voices heard” were supposed to be discussed. The participants included Marshall Brown of Atlantic Yards Development Workshop, Alexie Torres-Fleming of the Southern Bronx Watershed River Alliance, Joshua David of Friends of the High Line, Reverend Billy and Savitri D of the Church of Stop Shopping, and moderator Richard Kahan of Urban Assembly.

The panel is just one of many activities surrounding the exhibition Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York, which opened September 26. If you’re in New York over the next few months, you must see it. If not, check out the website and/or order the catalogue, Block by Block