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Intro
* Jacobs comes out swinging against the urban planning and city design orthodoxies of her day
* Good reminders in here for even nominal Jacobs acolytes- cars can't be treated as the source of urban problems but are a symptom, e.g.,
* Primacy of *function*- how cities work for people vs *appearance*; criticism of "grass, grass, grass" points to difference between park and place-making.
— Oct 13, 2021 06:51PM
* Jacobs comes out swinging against the urban planning and city design orthodoxies of her day
* Good reminders in here for even nominal Jacobs acolytes- cars can't be treated as the source of urban problems but are a symptom, e.g.,
* Primacy of *function*- how cities work for people vs *appearance*; criticism of "grass, grass, grass" points to difference between park and place-making.
