The 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal Nomination Form

Thank you for your interest in the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal. Please fill out the form below to submit your nomination.

The Jane Jacobs Medal will be given each year to two living individuals whose creative vision for the urban environment has greatly contributed to the vitality of New York City and who exemplify the following values and ideas:
  • Make New York City a place of hope and expectation that attracts new people and new ideas
  • Challenge traditional assumptions and conventional thinking
  • Promote dynamism, density, diversity and equity
  • Generate new principles for the way we think about development and preservation in New York City
  • Take a common sense approach to complex problems
  • Provide leadership in solving common problems
  • Respect neighborhood knowledge
  • Generate creative use of the urban environment
  • Demonstrate activism and innovative cross-disciplinary thinking
  • Give us new ways of seeing and understanding our city
Fields marked * are required. Please limit your description below to about 90-100 words; the box is limited to 600 characters and you will receive an error message if you submit longer answers. All submissions must be in English.

The winners will be announced in May 2008.
1. Who is your nominee?
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Last Name: *  
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2. The 2008 Jane Jacobs Medals recognize individuals whose creative vision for the urban environment has greatly contributed to the vitality of New York City. Please check the location in which your nominee has focused her/his work. (Check all that apply)*

3. Briefly describe how your nominee exemplifies the values listed above: *

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