A review by stevenpirtle
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

4.0

The book itself was really great, but what I came to realize while reading was that it was most certainly not my style of preferred reading. For someone who is interesting in the growth, development and decline of cities, this is a great resource. For someone who wants a high level of American culture in the late 1950’s or early 1960’s (think Mad Men era), then I’d keep moving.

Also, if you’re not all that interested in New York City during this time period, keep moving. The author’s primary point of reference is NYC.

I will admit, it is interesting to see how some of these areas she mentions have grown and developed or declined since the original writing of those book. Greenwich Village for example was reference as a small little community.