Today's Google Doodle features an illustration of American writer and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs, who successfully campaigned against major infrastructure projects in New York and Toronto. To commemorate what would have been Jacobs ' 100th birthday, Google has created a customised logo in its that depicts the author among colourful buildings that vaguely spell out the search engine's name.
Displayed to users in the US on the search engine's homepage, the illustration is drawn to look like New York's Greenwich Village and includes landmarks like the Washington Square Arch. Jacobs, who died in 2006 aged 89, lived in the Manhattan neighbourhood and famously campaigned against city planner Robert Moses' proposals for the area.
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