Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Ken-ichi - GoodreadsKnowing nothing about urban planning and eager to find a foil for revisiting Wendell Berry, I was eager to pick up this classic. The good: very interesting set of ideas about cities that I had not ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - David Smith - GoodreadsIn the tradition of great books of science, this book is timeless. Boy is there a lot of book there, but Jacobs' insights completely changed the way I understood my city. Half way through I began ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Cordelia - GoodreadsI finally got through this urban planning classic. I found it a bit tough to get through... Not a page turner, but the concepts she brings up are so important and led to great discussion and constant ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Honza - GoodreadsA little dull and very sad summary of what was wrong with the second half of the 20th century. Jacobs successfully manages to describe desirable attributes that a modern city should have, but doesn't ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Greg Linster - GoodreadsThis book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in what brings cities to life and allows them to flourish culturally. Jacobs' thesis is Hayekian (ie, a city's culture is an emergent ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - David Shane - GoodreadsThis is one of the classics of modern urban planning, and while I'm glad I read the book, I have mixed feelings about what the author has to say. She's at her best, I think, when she's analyzing what ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsAbsolutely fantastic, and a must read for anyone who enjoys living in a city, and wants to contribute to its further success and livability. Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - lysa - Goodreads'This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding.' (3) Thus begins a CONSTRUCTIVE critique that is refreshing, direct and accessible to the reader. Though it was written in the early ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Blythe King - Goodreads“American downtowns are not declining mysteriously, because they are anachronisms, nor because their users have been drained away by automobiles. They are being witlessly murdered, in good part by ... Read full review
Review: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
User Review - Christopher Lehmann - GoodreadsTook about a year, but very much worth the effort. Nothing renegade or fashionable here. Just a reasonable sensibility that anyone - anyone who loves cities and wonders why they sometimes work and sometimes don't - will appreciate. Read full review
