26.3.11
Jane Jacobs, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities."
"There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served."
13.2.09
Jane Jacobs, "Downtown is for People", from the Exploding Metropolis.
"No one can find what will work for our cities by looking at ... suburban garden cities, manipulating scale models, or inventing dream cities. You've got to get out and walk." In Jane's walk.
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