The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book is a critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which it holds responsible for the decline of many city neighborhoods in the United States. The book is Jacobs' best-known and most influential work. Jacobs was a critic of "rationalist" planners of the 1950s and 1960s, especially Robert Moses, as well as the earlier work of Le Corbusier. She argued that urban planning should prioritize the needs a
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1961 book critiquing American urban redevelopment policies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities
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2005-10-22T19:40:17Z
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2024-09-09T18:40:00Z
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