“Many creative writers keep journals; the sociologist’s need for systematic reflection demands it.” -C. Wright Mills

[From an email sent out by Barry Wellman:]

After nearly three years, Hudson Street between Perry and West 11th Street
in front of Jane Jacobs former home at 555 Hudson Street will finally be
co-named “Jane Jacobs Way” in honor of the pioneering preservation
activist. GVSHP first proposed the street co-naming in 2006 shortly after
Jacobs’ death; the proposal was approved by the local community board and
the City Council, and then sat in limbo for 2 1/2 years.

Jacobs served as an early member of the GVSHP Board of Advisors after its
founding in 1980, and generously conducted an oral history for GVSHP which
is available through our website. In June, 2006, shortly after her death,
GVSHP and the Center for the Living City held a public celebration of the
life of Jane Jacobs in Washington Square Park. GVSHP has consistently
pushed for the long-overdue renaming to become official to honor this
great woman’s contributions to the Village and the world. Signs will be up
and the co-naming will be official early next week.