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Aug. 31, 2021 / Gordon Price

My Most Valued and Valuable Book

It’s been sixty years since this book was printed:   Yes, a first-edition (paperback) of the 1961 book that transformed…
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Dec. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Lesser Known Quote from Jane Jacobs

A quote I don’t remember from “Death and Life of Great American Cities,” but, thanks to Farhad Manjoo at the…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 9

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 8

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 7

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacob’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 6

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 5

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 4

Adam Gopnick in the New Yojrker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 3

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 2

Adam Gopnick in the New Yorker does a reflection on Jane Jacobs’s life and ideas in her centenary year, with so…
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Sep. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Adam Gopnick on Jane Jacobs – 1

Adam Gopnick, one of the New Yorker’s best writers (his book on Paris is a joyful read), does a reflection…
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May. 16, 2016 / Gordon Price

What Jane Jacobs Missed

By Alex Marshall: Not far from Jane Jacob’s famed home on Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, and the White Horse…
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May. 13, 2016 / Gordon Price

On Jane Jacobs: Contrary to the Contrarian

Lawence Solomon responds in the Financial Post to Sam Sullivan’s criticisms of Jane Jacobs (here). . Jacobs’ critics also marked…
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May. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Jane’s Walk: After the Viaducts – May 7, 8

. ReConnecting Vancouver: After the Viaducts . Led By Michael Alexander May 7, 2016, 1:00 PM, 1 Hour May 8,…

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