KunstlerCast #83: Jane Jacobs
KunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy
English - October 08, 2009 14:37 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 380 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History city economy planning politics architecture cities kunstler sociology suburb urban Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Planetizen, an urban planning website and book publisher, recently conducted a poll about the Top 100 Urban Thinkers. Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, made #1 on the list. Kunstler explains the story and importance of Jacobs. He also recollects interviewing her in 2000. Although at the time Jacobs was writing a book about the coming energy crisis, Dark Age Ahead, Kunstler said she didn't seem interested in talking about "Long Emergency" issues during their conversation. A listener caller tells us why he thinks Seasame Street is a good model for urbanism.
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