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18 May 2017

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So the reason we discovered Gerald Moira was because we found the bas-relief murals at Picturehouse Central. And the reason for being there there was to see Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. The trailer for the film is already on the Persephone Letter, as well as a photograph of Jane Jacobs, so today and tomorrow – two more photographs of her. This photo is in a good piece – ‘Remembering Mrs Jacobs’ here; it’s iconic – so characteristic of her, and it shows in the background exactly the kind of community/street scene she was trying to save from demolition (there is a block of flats in the background, perhaps as a deliberate contrast).

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