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Jane Jacobs is an American-born Canadian writer and activist. She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the U.S.A.

 

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She is the lifeline to my urban geekhood. Too bad I was too slow, but I will continue to live my life in a manner that she would be proud of…

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