Saturday, January 17, 2015

Jane Jacobs’ 1958 Warning About the Loss of Street Life Still Resonates

The mistakes of the urban renewal era are supposed to be behind us. Super-blocks, blank walls, and the publicly subsidized demolition of varied buildings to make way for monolithic districts are relics of a bygone era. Right?
Renderings of Louisville mega-developments emphasize the skyline, not street level. Image via Broken Sidewalk
Branden Klayko, who writes about Louisville [...]

Source: http://streetsblog.net/2015/01/14/jane-jacobs-1958-warning-about-the-loss-of-street-life-still-resonates/

Jeremy Allan Mayfield James Christopher McMurray

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