EPISODE · Jan 9, 2017 · 27 MIN
Jane Jacobs Understood that Cities Have Always Reflected The Best of Us
from Talk Cocktail · host Jeff Schechtman
More and more of us are moving to cities. Look at any demographic map and it’s clear we are becoming a more urban nation. Cities are the vital link in our cultural, social and economic well being. And no one knew more, or understood cities better than Jane Jacobs.100 years after her birth, her work, her insights and her chronicle of cities is the gold standard by which we judge both the good and bad policy and planning decisions we make.Robert Kanigel gives Jacobs the biography she has needed in, Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs.My conversation with Robert Kanigel Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe
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