Jane Jacobs Medal
The Jane Jacobs Medal is awarded annually to individuals whose work creates new ways of seeing and understanding New York City, challenges traditional assumptions, and creatively uses the urban environment to make New York City a place of hope and expectation. The Rockefeller Foundation awards the medal. It is administered by MAS through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. The award was created in 2007.
Honorees
2016
Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Mr. PK Das, a Mumbai-based architect and activist
2013
Bette Midler, Entertainer and Founder, New York Restoration Project