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b'Activist, journalist, and groundbreaking outsider who shook up the field of urban planning: Jane Jacobs is one woman you definitely want to know more about. \\xa0Sometimes credited with bringing down Robert Moses (learn about him in our only 2- part episode: \\xa0Moses Part 1\\xa0and\\xa0Moses Part 2), she used grassroots organizing and the media to draw attention to serious flaws in his plans to raze much of Greenwich Village and run the Lower Manhattan Expressway ("LoMex") through some of the coolest parts of the city. Her first book,\\xa0The Death and Life of Great American Cities, is required reading for students of urban planning.\\xa0A controversial figure on her own right, her work has been criticized for being short-sighted. \\xa0Read some of her books and make up your own mind!Or at least start with a couple of her amazing paragraphs about\\xa0the ballet of the sidewalk.Take a listen to our seventh episode to brush up on the (perceived) squalor of\\xa0Five Points.Yes, it\'s true! \\xa0Brave, creative people are writing an opera about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs.Ric Burns\' PBS documentary "New York"\\xa0is amazing and everyone should watch it, from start to finish. The whole thing is on YouTube. \\xa0But here\'s a 27- minute\\xa0clip about Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. \\xa0All of Jane Jacobs\' \\xa0booksHey You Know It\\xa0is another amazing podcast on Podbean, starring our friends Jacquetta Szathmari and Katie Kazimir. \\xa0We\'re the special guest stars in the July 27, 2014 episode!Have you listened to\\xa0the promo for our ABC Gotham Pub Quiz\\xa0event, which will be Sunday Aug 17 at 4 pm?\\xa0For ABC Gothamites who are parents and want to attend the Pub Quiz: \\xa0Barclay\'s Center is 2 blocks from the Pub Quiz location. \\xa0Sunday Aug 17th at 3 pm, the\\xa0Marvel Universe Live\\xa0is happening there. \\xa0They kids will love it.'