Tag: Jane Jacobs

Citizens Bill and Jane

Citizens Bill and Jane

November 23, 2017 | By

Reviews of two docs on iconoclasts: Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017), currently running at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema + Citizen Jane: The Battle for the City (2017) on DVD from IFC, and screening Nov. 29 at the Revue Cinema.

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DVD: Citizen Jane – Battle for the City (2016)

DVD: Citizen Jane – Battle for the City (2016)

November 23, 2017 | By

To Torontonians, Jane Jacobs is perhaps best remembered as one of the key figures who managed to successfully kill the major section of the Spadina Expressway in 1971, a route that would’ve provided drivers in the west end with a needed alternate expressway to reach the city from mid-town suburbs…

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