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Jane Jacobs
Writing on the Web
In 1961, Jane Jacobs wrote what is probably the most important book ever written on city planning, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, which demolished modernist city planning and set off the revival of old-fashioned neighborhoods that later inspired the New Urbanists.
Jacobs has the following works on the web:
- Downtown is for People: This article appeared in Fortune magazine in 1958, and it was included in the book The Exploding Metropolis. It gained enough recognition for Jane Jacobs that she was able to get the grant that allowed her to write The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
- Why TVA Failed: In this article, Jane Jacobs argues that the Tennessee Valley Authority failed to relieve poverty, because its region lacked an economically diverse city.
- Jane Jacobs Interviewed by Jim Kunstler: Jane Jacobs is interviewed for Metropolis Magazine (March, 2001) by the author of The Geography of Nowhere and other books.
- It's Everyone: a panel discussion by people who have contributed to the auto-free movement in Toronto: Jane Jacobs, Olivia Chow, Joan Doiron, Marilou McPhedran, Lisa Salsberg and Sue Zielinski. size 17K.
Other Resources:
- Jane Jacobs: Her Life and Work: A summary of Jacobs' life and a critical look at her works by Gert-Jan Hospers.
If you know of any other writing on the web by Jane Jacobs, please let us know: send e-mail to: webpages@preservenet.com.
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