![]() ![]() She was instrumental in the eventual cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, and after moving to Canada in 1968, equally influen Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (– April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian writer and activist with primary interest in communities and urban planning and decay. Along with her well-known printed works, Jacobs is equally well-known for organizing grassroots efforts to block urban-renewal projects that would have destroyed local neighborhoods. The book has been credited with reaching beyond planning issues to influence the spirit of the times. ![]() ![]() She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States. Jane Jacobs, OC, O.Ont (– April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian writer and activist with primary interest in communities and urban planning and decay. ![]()
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