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Subject: Urban planning icon taken out of context
Urban planning icon taken out of context
By IRWIN LOY, 24 HOURS
She's been name-dropped all week by city planners, average citizens
from unusual countries, the head of a UN organization, and even Prime
Minster Stephen Harper.
Jane Jacobs, the renowned urban thinker who passed away in April, has
almost reverential status among the more than 9,000 delegates at this
gigantic summit on city issues.
Politicians this week have slipped her quotes into speeches, even if
their governing policies arguably have little in common with Jacobs'
ideas.
It hasn't gone unnoticed by her son, Vancouver-resident Ned Jacobs.
"People are always trying to twist Jane's words to suit their needs,"
Ned Jacobs said.
But he won't be getting worked up over it.
"There are so many things Jane stood for that certainly Stephen
Harper doesn't represent, and certainly Gordon Campbell doesn't
represent," Jacobs said. "But I can't spend my life trying to correct
every misinterpretation or exploitation of her words."
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2006/06/23/1648517-sun.html
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