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An odd thing happened to me while reading this book: the narrator was male, but because I'd recently watched a documentary about Jane Jacobs that included a lot of contemporary audio footage and had her voice in my head, I remember it in her voice. Brains are funny that way; they make assumptions and fill in gaps with what they think they know. Jacobs's talent is in not doing that, in looking at and describing things exactly as they are--from big, philosophical things, like what privacy means in
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When I decided to read this book, I wasn't really expecting it to contain much that was new to me or relevant: I was looking at it mostly because it was a classic. However, as soon as I began reading it, I became impressed with Jacobs' writing and insights, and realized it was something I needed to buy my own copy of for reference. Despite being over fifty years old, it still contains an incredible amount that is of value today.
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