Jane Jacobs Quote

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what can be done with cities: a city cannot be a work of art.


The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961)


When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what...

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what...

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what...

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Because this is so, there is a basic esthetic limitation on what...