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Sandy Ikeda’s “Eyes on Brooklyn Heights” Jane’s Walk this Sunday

May 4, 2017 By Adam Hengels

Sandy Ikeda has led a Brooklyn Heights Jane's Walk every year since 2011 in celebration of Jane Jacobs' 101st birthday.  Meet at the steps of Borough Hall (facing the Plaza and fountain) Sunday May 7th at 12:15. When you think of a city you like, what comes to mind? Can a city be a work of art? How … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Jane Jacobs, Janes Walk, sanford ikeda

Join us in Brooklyn for Jane’s Walk 2014

May 1, 2014 By Adam Hengels

In addition to Sandy's traditional walks in Brooklyn Heights, I will be hosting a walk through Downtown Brooklyn preceding Sandy's Sunday walk.Here's a link to my walk, although they mistakenly listed it for Saturday morning instead of Sunday morning.  Hopefully, they can fix this, because I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Brooklyn Heights, broooklyn, Downtown Brooklyn, Janes Walk

2012 Market Urbanism Meetup

April 25, 2012 By Adam Hengels

Readers,We are going to have a reader meetup on May 5. It will be a format similar to last year. Market Urbanism friend, Sandy Ikeda will be giving a tour of Brooklyn Heights as part of the Jane Jacobs Walk program that celebrate's the life and legacy of urbanist Jane Jacobs. Sandy's tour was so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Jane Jacobs

Meetup before Sandy’s Jane’s Walk this Sunday

May 5, 2011 By Adam Hengels

From the comments and emails I've gotten, there will be a pretty decent turnout of Market Urbanists at Sandy Ikeda's Jane's Walk on Sunday, "Eye's on Brooklyn Heights." Here are the details from the site; Date: Sunday May 8, 2011 Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm Meeting Place: The tour will meet at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Jane Jacobs

More Libertarians on Jane Jacobs

April 23, 2011 By Adam Hengels

The Ludwig von Mises Institute publishes a podcast performed by Jeff Riggenbach called "The Libertarian Tradition", which discusses significant figures in the libertarian movement.  The most recent edition is dedicated to Jane Jacobs, who's ideas are highly regarded by many libertarians, despite the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Economics, history, Jane Jacobs Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Brooklyn Heights, Jane Jacobs, Jeff Riggenbach, Ludwig Von Mises, Thomas Schmidt

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