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Biography of Jane Jacobs Biography of Jane Jacobs • Name: Jane Jacobs. • Born: 4 May 1916, Scranton, Pennsylvania, US . • Father: John Decker Bazner. • Mother: Base Robison Bazner. • Wife / Husband: Robert Jacobs. Early life of Jane Jacobs:         Jane Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, writer, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. His book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of the townspeople. It also introduced sociopolitical concepts "eyes on the road" and "social capital".         Jacobs organized grassroots efforts to protect the neighborhood from "slum clearance", particularly Robert Moshe's plan to overhaul his Greenwich Village neighborhood. He was instrumental in the final cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would pass directly through Soho and Little Italy. He was arrested in 1968 fo...