City life in the united states since 1880

Reading Response Week 9: Jane Jacobs, Death and Life of Great American Cities

Directions : This reading response is intended to get you to practice analyzing primary sources. Some questions will require a longer response than others, but be sure to fully answer each question. Draw directly from lecture and the readings. Include quotes and specific examples from both the reading and lecture to support your points (please provide page numbers for quotes). Save and upload your responses as a Word Document on Blackboard – do not type your response into Blackboard directly. Also, make sure it is clear which question you are answering, either by typing your responses under the questions or by numbering your answers with corresponding numbers. Be sure to run your work through spell check, and read it over carefully before submitting.

1. Using what you know from the Ric Burns documentary New York City, who is Jane Jacobs? Specifically, why did she end up in conflict with Robert Moses over highway construction?

2. Why is Jane Jacobs critical of the theories of urban planning of her day? What types of urban planning models does she consider to be particularly problematic and why?

3. What does Jane Jacobs say about the importance of city sidewalks in chapter 3? What role do they play in building community?