The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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| Title | The Death and Life of Great American Cities |
| Publisher | Random House
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| Authors | Jane Jacobs
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| Date |  September 1961
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| Summary | "Jane Jacobs critiques the comprehensive modernist approach to urban planning after 1945. By the 1950s, various American cities were pursuing ambitious urban renewal policies, influenced by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier's concept of the "Radiant City." Jacobs sees this being utterly at odds with urban realities, and leading to the destruction of the city as a living community. This futurist vision insisted on the absolute segregation of the city's different activities into separate zones, linked (though also physically isolated) by super-highways set in wide parkland landscaping. The colossal physical destruction that was necessary to implement this vision tore apart the traditional multi-activity street and densely populated neighborhood that Jacobs avers is the bedrock of urban living" |
| Keywords | Cities Planning
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| Locations | United States
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| ISBN |  0394421590 9780394421599
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