NEW YORK, THE CITY AND THE WORLDRIC BURNS, 1999duration: 73 minutes
place: New York
architect: Robert Moses, Jane Jacobs
Language: English
theme: urban documentary

Part of a TV series about the development of New York City, explaining the transition from the Robert Moses era to the Jane Jacobs. At its peak in the sixties, Jane Jacobs is the icon of the protest against the blind impulse of Moses to build expressways all over the place. Jacobs advocates for urban life in Greenwich Village as it only manifests itself in the small scaled mixed city quarters.