The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Editorial Review

A classic since its publication in 1961, this book is the defintive statement on American cities: what makes them safe, how they function, and why all too many official attempts at saving them have failed.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
• Great read
  I bought this book as a required reading for school. It was very easy to read and covered many interesting topics. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in learning more about the urban environment.
• The triumph of common sense
  In an age when architects and planners were spouting all kinds of brave-new-world nonsense (or mindlessly absorbing it, or even worse - building it), Jacobs burst onto the scene with an incredible dose of sanity mixed with common sense and wisdom, carefully observing the urban environment and drawing a host of remarkably sensible conclusions. For some reason we architects seem always at risk of believing our own nuttiest fantasies. Jacobs is a perennial corrective.
  
• Read it!
  Still relevant, still useful....and still ignored by the common city engineer. Our city's planners need to re-read this sucker.
• Read it
  This is a book that relates to designers, and city planners as well as the "un-educated". Reading this book will certainly inform one on the purpose and importance of city planning.

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