In Jane Jacobs R.I.P., Michael Blowhard cites a number of tributes:
You’ve probably noticed that the great Jane Jacobs has died at the age of 89. The web is full of intelligent and appreciative tributes: A Google News search on her name will turn up a lot of them. An obit by the LA Times’ Mary Rourke is a good starting point. Martin Knelman writes a touching character sketch. Interesting to learn in Counterpunch that Jacobs, a Canadian resident since the 1970s, favored the separation of Quebec from the rest of Canada, and thought that the Euro was a dumb idea. Curbed is sweetly running a “the most Jane Jacobs block in New York City” contest. Gothamist supplies many links. I recently wrote a long intro to Jacobs and her work. Don’t miss a couple of wonderful interviews: one from 2000 conducted by James Kunstler; and one from 2002, done by Blake Harris. A final question: Why on earth was she never awarded the Nobel Prize?
Also, the final chapter of her The Death and Life of Great American Cities is available on-line.