"Even in Toronto, where Jacobs has presided as a civic deity since she and her family moved here in 1968, the principles she espoused — density and diversity — are applied when convenient, ignored when they’re not. ...
"It turns out that Toronto is a city that succeeds despite itself. Its resilience continues to amaze. As Jacobs pointed out, “…lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over the problems and needs outside themselves.”
"But as she also warned: “Dull cities contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else.”"
Full article: Death and Life still lives, even in Ford Nation.
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