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

EAN:9780679600473 Label:Modern Library Author:Jane Jacobs Binding:Hardcover

Living in Detroit in 2009 I find the book quite relevant since we are now on a journey to remake the city Always relevant. 2009-03-31 Rating 4. I bought this book as a required reading for school Great read. It was very easy to read and covered many interesting topics2008-08-29 Rating 5. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in learning more about the urban environment. 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 and wisdom, carefully observing the urban environment and drawing a host of remarkably sensible conclusions The triumph of common sense. For some reason we architects seem always at risk of believing our own nuttiest fantasies2008-06-07 Rating 5. Jacobs is a perennial corrective. Still relevant, still useful Read it! . 2008-05-15 Rating 5. . and still ignored by the common city engineer. Our city's planners need to re-read this sucker. This is a book that relates to designers, and city planners as well as the "un-educated" Read it. Reading this book will certainly inform one on the purpose and importance of city planning2008-04-20 Rating 5. 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 .