The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series)

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.
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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-25-2009; A must for anyone interested in how cities work; Jacobs argues masterfully against the popular assumption that urban density leads to slums and decay. Instead she describes how a dense concentration of people gives a city vitality and provides a built-in source of security through...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-31-2009; Always relevant; Living in Detroit in 2009 I find the book quite relevant since we are now on a journey to remake the city.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2008; Great read; I bought this book as a required reading for school. It was very easy to read and covered many interesting topics. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in learning more about the urban environment.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-07-2008; The triumph of common sense; In an age when architects and planners were spouting all kinds of brave-new-world nonsense (or mindlessly absorbing it, or even worse - building it), Jacobs burst onto the scene with an incredible dose of sanity mixed with common sense...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-25-2009; A must for anyone interested in how cities work; Jacobs argues masterfully against the popular assumption that urban density leads to slums and decay. Instead she describes how a dense concentration of people gives a city vitality and provides a built-in source of security through...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-07-2007; Should be Required Reading for Every Graduate of Urban Planning!; We all know what a difference lies between the ethereal and ideal world of EDUCATION and the hot asphalt of THE CITY STREETS right? Well, Ms. Jacobs really amplifies that ground zero viewpoint with wit, sardonic humor and daring...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-16-2002; Anything But a Classic; The first time I read Jane Jacobs opus to the city street, I was bowled over by what seemed to be just plain "common sense." However, a second reading had much less impact. Having since read Le Corbusier, Lewis Mumford and many other...; read full review | report as inappropriate