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Jane Jacobs, an American journalist and urban theorist, was born on May 4, 1916, and passed away on April 25, 2006. She is renowned for her profound insights into urban life and her unique perspectives on urban planning. Her book, 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities,' had a revolutionary impact on modern urban planning.

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Famous Jane Jacobs Quotes

“Advanced cultures are usually sophisticated enough, or have been sophisticated enough at some point in their pasts, to realize that foxes shouldn't be relied on to guard henhouses.”

Has Beens Enough Past Culture Realizing Sophisticated Foxes

Author:Jane Jacobs

“I have learned yet again (this has been going on all my life) what folly it is to take any thing for granted without examining it skeptically.”

Has Beens Granted Folly I Have Learned Examining

Book:Dark Age Ahead

Source: Dark Age Ahead

“Privately run jails are a mark of American "reinvented government" that has been picked up by neoconcervatives in Canada.”

Has Beens Government Running Mark Canada Jail

Book:Dark Age Ahead

Source: Dark Age Ahead

“All my life I have been hearing that the oil was going to run out. It never happens. They keep discovering new oil fields. The world is apparently floating in oil fields.”

World Has Beens Happens Running Fields Hearing Oil Discovering Floating Oil Field

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“Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.”

Has Beens Community Tvs Drug Chiefs Illegal Automobile Destroyers Illegal Drugs

Book:Dark Age Ahead

Source: Dark Age Ahead

“I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On the contrary they are needed, and the success of mixtures downtown (on in the most intensive portions of cities, whatever they are called) is related to the mixture possible in other part of cities.”

Has Beens Use Cities Needed Contrary Primaries Related Portions Elsewhere Mixtures Dwelling Downtown

Book:The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities

“Whenever and wherever societies have flourished and prospered rather than stagnated and decayed, creative and workable cities have been at the core of the phenomenon. Decaying cities, declining economies, and mounting social troubles travel together. The combination is not coincidental.”

Has Beens Together Social Cities Economy Creative Trouble Core Combination Phenomenon

Book:Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs

Source: Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs

About the Author

Born: May 4, 1916
Died: April 25, 2006
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 169

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