I studied urban planning in Boston in the early 70s and Jane Jacobs was the basis for much of our discussion on development for Boston and for America. Her work in The Death and Life... still accompanies my thoughts of development and planning on a human scale.

Living here in Mexico in what was a small village that is being too rapidly developed gives even more emphasis to her ideas on how neighborhoods must remain neighborhoods and how relationships are necessary for human relationships and security in cities.

I would lament her passing as all great minds are lamented. 89, however, is not bad especially when you have left a legacy of pivotal work behind.