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Von Händler/Antiquariat, David Mirvish Books on Art [742945], Toronto, ON, Canada.
231 pp. 12 b/w illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Biography of Jane Jacobs (1916-2005) urban activist and author of classic city planning text "Death and Life of American Cities". Internally clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding, an unread copy. Quarter bound with red cloth covered spine and paper covered boards. Illustrated dustjacket is protected by plastic book wrap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Edmonton Book Store.
Toronto: Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2006. pp. 231, ""This book," says the opening of Jane Jacobs´ Deathand Life of Great American Cities, "is an attack on current citybuilding and rebuilding." Decades later, the ideas put forth in one of themost important books of the 20th century continue to resonate. In JaneJacobs: Urban Visionary, journalist Alice Sparberg Alexiou deconstructs JaneJacobs´ richly packed life of ideas and social action, offering a fluid andengaging synthesis of meticulously researched observation and analysis. Alexiou traces Jacobs´ move from Scranton, Pennsylvania, toNew York City and the controversy that erupted when she dared to take onconventional urban planning wisdom with her classic Death and Life.Her ideas changed the way we think about cities. She protested then-currenturban renewal practices and championed the "sidewalk ballet"—thefragile meeting of buildings, streets and people—threatened by the building ofhighways and the tearing down of working neighbourhoods. Jacobs moved to Canadain the early 1970s and embarke on Toronto-saving campaigns, helping topreserve Old City Hall and Union Station. She was also instrumental inpreventing the construction of the Spadina Expressway, which would have cut aswath through Toronto´s Annex and other essential neighbourhoods.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Edmonton Book Store [19326], Edmonton, AB, Canada.
pp. 231, "This book," says the opening of Jane Jacobs´ Deathand Life of Great American Cities, "is an attack on current citybuilding and rebuilding." Decades later, the ideas put forth in one of themost important books of the 20th century continue to resonate. In JaneJacobs: Urban Visionary, journalist Alice Sparberg Alexiou deconstructs JaneJacobs´ richly packed life of ideas and social action, offering a fluid andengaging synthesis of meticulously researched observation and analysis. Alexiou traces Jacobs´ move from Scranton, Pennsylvania, toNew York City and the controversy that erupted when she dared to take onconventional urban planning wisdom with her classic Death and Life.Her ideas changed the way we think about cities. She protested then-currenturban renewal practices and championed the "sidewalk ballet"—thefragile meeting of buildings, streets and people—threatened by the building ofhighways and the tearing down of working neighbourhoods. Jacobs moved to Canadain the early 1970s and embarke on Toronto-saving campaigns, helping topreserve Old City Hall and Union Station. She was also instrumental inpreventing the construction of the Spadina Expressway, which would have cut aswath through Toronto´s Annex and other essential neighbourhoods." Size: 8vo.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Motor_City_Books.
In this analysis of Jane Jacobs's ideas and work, Alice Sparberg Alexiou tells the remarkable story of a woman who without any formal training in planning became a prominent and effective spokesperson for sensible urban change. Besides writing the seminal book about contemporary cities, Jacobs organized successful community battles in New York against powerful interests. She resisted urban renewal in the West Village in the 1960s, helped defeat the Lower Manhattan Expressway, advocated the pleasures of street life that she called "sidewalk ballet," and opposed the original Twin Towers plans. She was also active in the anti-Vietnam War movement, which eventually led her to move to Canada. There she continued both her writing and her grass-roots activism, including helping to prevent the construction of an expressway that would have cut through several neighborhoods in Toronto. Based on a rich array of interviews and primary source material, this book brings long-overdue attention to Jacobs's far-reaching influence as an original and prescient thinker. According to Jane Jacobs, "there is almost nothing you can think of that cities don't provide some insight into." In page after page, we discover that there is also much about cities today that we owe to the insights and work of Jane Jacobs. Hardcover, Ausgabe: First Edition, Label: Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006, Studio: Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, Verkaufsrang: 9313236.

Lieferung aus: Kanada, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Biblio Books, ON, Mississauga, [RE:4].
Book, Hardcover, 1st Edition.