CBC Arts: Urban thinker Jane Jacobs dies

CBC Arts: Urban thinker Jane Jacobs dies: "Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and most recently, Dark Age Ahead, was 89.

She'd been in ill health for more than a year and suffered several strokes, the most recent on Saturday.

Her powerful critiques about the urban renewal policies of North American cities have influenced thinking about urban planning for a generation.

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