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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2006-04-26 06:28 am

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.

[identity profile] coco-keesses.livejournal.com 2006-04-27 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, have learning from LV in my possession now. Also love the theory and yet am indifferent to their actual architecture.