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Jane Jacobs Age: 89urban planner whose ground-breaking 1961 book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, criticized urban renewal—the concept of clearing cities of slums and building uniform developments and projects—and encouraged diversity of building style, age, and function in densely packed neighborhoods. Died: Toronto, Canada, April 25, 2006Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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