Over at The City Builder Book Club (which Creative Urban Projects is a co-founder and sponsor of) we’re discussing chapter 18 of Jane Jacobs’ essential The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Chapter 18, for those unaware, is all about ‘The Erosion of Cities or The Attrition of the Automobile’ and is excellent reading for...
The 50th anniversary edition of Jane Jacobs’ classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities was officially released today. The book may still stir up controversy in the City Building professions, but it remains essential reading today as much as it was 50 years ago. In commemoration of this anniversary, Toronto’s Centre for City...