Jane Jacobs and the West Village

Jane jacobs fought to preserve good old buildings and established organic neighborhoods, rather than tearing them all down to build new everything. But her vision is also for better and worse as it brought us gentrification. Brownstones went from multi unit apartments into single family homes. S r os went coop in some early j fifty one buildings aged out of their abatements, allowing the landlords to jack up rents. A culture clash became palpable in schools and playgrounds in the buildings filling up professionals....