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Jane Jacobs RIP
Pre-eminent urban scholar Jane Jacobs dies.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which she wrote in 1961, is still the classic work on city neighborhoods -- how they work, what makes them living and vibrant and real. It's one of the few college textbooks I kept, and I still pull it out when I want to make a point about planning. Her legacy is secure, but the Cities world will miss her.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which she wrote in 1961, is still the classic work on city neighborhoods -- how they work, what makes them living and vibrant and real. It's one of the few college textbooks I kept, and I still pull it out when I want to make a point about planning. Her legacy is secure, but the Cities world will miss her.
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Oh yeah, I love that stuff. How cities are set up and designed and what makes them work and what makes them fail.
I thought about going into city planning, too, but so much of it is economics and I hate economics, always have. So I gave up on that idea pretty quick. I still find the design and policy aspects really interesting, though.