(2005-04-29) Jacobs Vs West Side Stadium

Jane Jacobs is no fan of either the West Side Stadium or the Cable Vision plan from Alex Krieger. Jacobs, 89, said she was unfamiliar with Krieger's work, adding, "The Harvard School of Design has never been much of a mentor of mine." Why? "They've never respected the city street or the vitality of cities. They got terribly fond of Le Corbusier," whose tower-in-a-park planning theories are anathema to Jacobs. "And it's never really worn off."