Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006 (Personal Name)

Her The death and life of great American cities, 1961.

New York times WWW site, Apr. 26, 2006 (Jane Jacobs; b. Jane Butzner, May 4, 1916, Scranton, Pa.; d. yesterday [Apr. 25, 2006], Toronto, aged 89; writer and thinker who brought penetrating eyes and ingenious insight to the sidewalk ballet of her own Greenwich Village street and came up with a book that challenged and changed the way people view cities)