Tributes mourning Jane Walentas pour in from around the world
Friends in Brooklyn and beyond have expressed an outpouring of support in the past week as they mourn Jane Walentas, who died peacefully on Sunday, July 5 after a battle with cancer.
Jane Walentas and husband, David, had together transformed an industrial waterfront area between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges into a thriving neighborhood, christened with the acronym DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) for its location.
Jane Walentas, an artist, designer and visionary, rescued a carousel which the Philadelphia Toboggan Company had built in 1922. Its components were about to be auctioned off piecemeal. She and David purchased the entire carousel for $385,000.