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Author Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.

Title The death and life of great American cities.

Publication Info. [New York] : Random House [1961]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  711 J15    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  711.4 JAC    Missing
Description 458 pages ; 24 cm
Form Also issued online.
Contents Peculiar nature of cities: Uses of sidewalks, safety; Uses of sidewalks, contact l Uses of sidewalks, assimilating children; Uses of neighborhood parks; Uses of city neighborhoods -- Conditions for city diversity: Generators of diversity; Need for mixed primary uses; Need for small blocks; Need for aged buildings; Need for concentration; Some myths about diversity -- Forces of decline and regeneration: Self-destruction of diversity; curse of border vacuums; Unassuming and slumming; Gradual money and cataclysmic money -- Different tactics: Subsidizing dwellings; Erosion of cities of attrition of automobiles; Visual order, its limitations and possibilities; Salvaging projects; Governing and planning districts; Kind of problem a city is.
Subject City planning -- United States.
City Planning.
Other Form: Online version: Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006. Death and life of great American cities. [New York] Random House [1961] (OCoLC)608829786
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