An Introduction to Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of American Cities

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What they share: :: dislike of traditional urban density and diversity :: desire to sort out urban functions :: transfer of park and town model to city living :: well-intentioned reformers and intellectuals
ubiquitous: from Latin ubique, everywhere What Jane proposes: :: to counter the myth of the city (city as garden) :: with the reality of cities (“how cities work in real life,” p. 4) “One principle emerges ubiquitously... This ubiquitous principle is the need of cities for a most intricate and close-grained diversity of uses that give each other constant mutual support, both economically and socially... Unsuccessful city areas are areas which lack this kind of intricate mutual support.” (p. 14)
Page 1 and 2: An Introduction to Jane Jacobs, The
Page 3 and 4: Let’s try that again: Jane Jacobs
Page 5 and 6: THE RADIANT GARDEN CITY BEAUTIFUL:
Page 7 and 8: Scenes of the London slum life that
Page 9 and 10: Ebenezer Howard The Three Magnets H
Page 11 and 12: REMEMBER LEWISH MUMFORD LEWIS MUMFO
Page 13 and 14: THE RADIANT CITY Le Corbusier, 1887
Page 15 and 16: frame of furniture outside CORBU: n
Page 17 and 18: Robert Moses returns Jacobs’ book
Page 19 and 20: World’s Fair, Chicago 1893 CITY B
Page 21 and 22: THE MALL, Washington, DC http://www
Page 23: VERY DIFFERENT MODELS :: garden sub
Page 27 and 28: Turning. Photo by Markus Hartel. ht
Page 29 and 30: Period of Time. Photo by Markus Har
Page 31 and 32: SIDEWALK BALLET an invitation to DA
Page 33 and 34: Banksey, the Albert Pub, Brighton.
Page 35 and 36: Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Page 37: SUMMARY One of the truisms of ortho

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