Jane Jacobs - Rest In Peace (25. April 2006, 15:11 by Derek Young) ~ Sad News
Jane Jacobs, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, passed away this morning at the age of 89. If you ever had any interest in urban studies, you know Jacobs’ writing.
Link to CBC News
Link to New York Times
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Another great document is Oscar Newman’s
Creating Defensible Spaces:
This is the document being sent around town (by HUD) showing why high rise “projects” such as the Winthrop have been torn down around the county in major cities and simple do not work.
Disbursed low income house is the proper model which produces good results for all involved.
1 | Posted by James | Apr 25, 04:30 PM
My heart sank when I heard the news. I just finished The Death and Life of Great American Cities not a week ago. She was definitely a breath of fresh air in planning – noting that the dominant mindset of towers in the sky were nothing more than the fanciful visions of people who really didn’t know how cities functioned.
Her ideas helped to rekindle study of denser, mixed use, pedestrian-oriented developments. Gosh, I’m sad to hear that she’s gone.
2 | Posted by Chris | Apr 26, 10:12 AM
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