The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01HWKSBDI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 177 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning.It can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book's arguments." Jane Jacobs, an editor and writer on architecture in New York City in the early sixties, argued that urban diversity and vitality were being destroyed by powerful architects and city planners. Rigorous, sane, and delightfully epigrammatic, Jacobs's small masterpiece is a blueprint for the humanistic management of cities. It is sensible, knowledgeable, readable, indispensable. The author has written a new foreword for this Modern Library edition.
"The most refreshing, provacative, stimulating and exciting study of this great problem which I have seen. The research apparatus is not pretentious—it is the eye and the heart—but it has given us a magnificent study of what gives life and spirit to the city."—William H. It fairly crackles with bright honesty and common sense."—Harrison Salisbury, The New York Times"One of the most remarkable books ever written about the city a primary work. Whyte, author of The Organization Man
About Our Cities She starts with the sidewalk. The sidewalk, after all, is where we live most of our lives if we live in a city. It’s where we walk, where kids play, where people congregate and look out for one another—whether they know they are doing it or not. She tells anecdotes—the one about the boy who was rescued by strangers on the si. "Changed my life." according to Matthew7Changed my life. Matthew74 I love this book. It contains so much common sense drawn from careful observation. Jane Jacobs looks at cities from a variety of angles, points out exactly what is wrong with ours today, how they got that way, and what to do about it. What makes it an interesting read, besides her style and the interesting things she discusses, is how grounde. . I love this book. It contains so much common sense drawn from careful observation. Jane Jacobs looks at cities from a variety of angles, points out exactly what is wrong with ours today, how they got that way, and what to do about it. What makes it an interesting read, besides her style and the interesting things she discusses, is how grounde. "Recycle not destroy." according to Lumdor. I have always wanted to read this book and now I have my chance. Jane Jacobs was a city planner's planner. One of our first supporters of multi-use buildings. Preservation, not destruction of older buildings. The word recycling plays at the top of Ms Jacobs' work. Buy it and read it.