Marie’s Reviews > The Death and Life of Great American Cities > Status Update

This book is exactly the type of writing I look for. The book is informative from Jacobs' own experience and observations as someone living in the city and with experience advocating against redevelopment. It has a social lens and such clear writing that reading (still into chapter 4) about the uses of sidewalks feels like revelatory observations on human needs and how to meet them.

Reading about the functions of sidewalks in this book is so engaging!