PLS 302 Lecture Notes - Social Capital, Triborough Bridge, Urban Renewal
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The death and life of great american cities (1961) Jane jacobs: born in scranton, lived in greenwich village, new york city, active in neighborhood, critical of urban renewal projects. The death and life of great american cities was jacobs" first book. Trends in urban planning in the first half of the 20th century: garden city utopian planning movement, urban renewal/slum clearing. Jane jacobs this ubiquitous principle is the need of cities for a most intricate and close-grained diversity of uses that give each other constant mutual support, both economically and socially . Robert moses the physical beauties of cities can, no doubt, be exaggerated, but no balanced observer will ignore them mid- Manhattan seen from the triborough bridge at sundown the clean gossamer cobwebs of its suspension : moses was the master builder of mid-20th century nyc, Parkways: favored highways over public transit. Parkway network: social works program, a very racist man. Robert moses planned to overhaul jacobs" neighborhood in.