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Lisa Schweitzer

Working to understand the complex connections between people, cities, and environments

Day: February 7, 2014

Jane Jacobs and self-loathing planners

02/07/201404/21/2016 Lisa Schweitzer1 Comment

I was just re-reading part of Death and Life again last night, and the following imaginary conversation occurred in my head.

Jane Jacobs: Great cities happen because people and activities come together and urban magic happens. Planning is bad for cities, and planners are deluded.

Planners: Jane Jacobs is our new intellectual god.

The end.

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