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    Jane Jacobs OC OOnt (née Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics.

  2. Aug 14, 2019 · Learn about Jane Jacobs, the American-Canadian writer and activist who challenged the conventional wisdom of city planning and rebuilding. Discover her life, ideas, and achievements in transforming urban communities and preserving neighborhoods.

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  3. Jul 9, 2021 · In 1958, urban activist Jane Jacobs wrote a piece for Fortune magazine entitled “Downtown is for People”. Like The Death and Life of Great American Cities, the now-classic book she...

  4. Apr 30, 2024 · Jane Jacobs (born May 4, 1916, Scranton, Pa., U.S.—died April 25, 2006, Toronto, Ont., Can.) was an American-born Canadian urbanologist noted for her clear and original observations on urban life and its problems.

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  5. Learn who Jane Jacobs was and why she is a pioneer of community-based urbanism. Discover her ideas, writings and achievements that shaped cities around the world.

  6. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an urbanist and activist whose writings championed a fresh, community-based approach to city building. She had no formal training as a planner, and yet her 1961 treatise, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, introduced ground-breaking ideas about how cities function, evolve and fail.

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  8. Oct 21, 2021 · THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES by Jane Jacobs | Review first published Nov. 5, 1961. One of the most memorable caricatures by Max Beerbohm shows George Bernard Shaw’s view...

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