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Cool, earnest, spare and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Jane Jacobs
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 236
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton, Vintage Books, J. van Arkel
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9780394550794
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Jane Jacobs (born Jane Butzner; May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was a Canadian and American journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies. Her influential book *The Death and Life of Great American Cities* (1961) argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of most city-dwellers. The book also introduced sociology concepts such as "eyes on the street" and "social capital". Jacobs was well known for organizing grassroots efforts to protect existing neighborhoods from "slum clearance" – and particularly for her opposition to Robert Moses in his plans to overhaul her neighborhood, Greenwich Village. She was instrumental in the eventual cancellation of the L
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