Here is a brief bio of Jane's life and advocacy, they go together.
Born: Scranton, PA (1916)
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Died: Tornto, Canada (2006)
"What’s important is not that she died but that she lived, and that her life’s work has greatly influenced the way we think. Please remember her by reading her books and implementing her ideas."
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Death & Life of: Journaling Jane Jacobs
The intent of this blog is to create a space to share my readings with the rest of the design community. As a recent graduate with my masters of landscape architecture and having some free time. Here is a the docket of my intended readings, the schedule to be read in the same order Jacobs wrote them.
1. The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2. Economy of Cities
3. Cities and the Wealth of Nations
4. The Question of Separatism
5. Systems of Survival
6. The Nature of Economies
7. Dark Age Ahead
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