The festival honors the life of Jane Jacobs, on what would have been her 105th birthday
Author: Stacy Lange
Updated: 7:39 PM EDT May 3, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. — A festival kicks off Tuesday in the Electric City called Observe Scranton, and it was created to honor the life of one of the most famous native Scrantonians, but not the president of the United States.
The Observe Scranton festival is inspired by iconic 20th-century city planner, journalist, and author Jane Jacobs.
Jacobs grew up in Scranton and Dunmore.
"Obviously, Scranton has been in national/international headlines for the past year or two, and that's wonderful, but there are other wonderful native citizens that grew up in this region and went on to change the world," said organizer Conor O'Brien.