Jane Jacobs
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Writer and urbanist (1916 to 2006) whose The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) attacked the city planning of her day and argued for dense, mixed,…
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Cities can offer something for everybody only when everybody creates them (opens korrents.com)
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
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Old ideas can use new buildings, but new ideas must use old buildings (opens korrents.com)
“Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.”
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Beneath the apparent disorder of a working old city is an order that keeps streets safe and the city free (opens korrents.com)
“Under the seeming disorder of the old city, wherever the old city is working successfully, is a marvelous order for maintaining the safety of the streets and the freedom of the city.”
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Cities can offer something for everybody only when everybody creates them (opens korrents.com)