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9781568987712
Block by Block is a far-ranging collection of essays about urbanist writer and activist Jane Jacobs, a proponent of mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods. A who's who of writers and cultural critics including Adam Gopnik, Tama Janowitz, Luc Sante and Tom Wolfe, discusses the contemporary relevance of Jacobs' ideas about large-scale redevelopment, gentrification and activism.Steffens, Jo is the author of 'Block by Block', published 2007 under ISBN 9781568987712 and ISBN 1568987714.
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