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A 5 page research paper that reports on Jane Jacobs' test on urban planning Death & Life of Cities. This report picks 10 chapters from the book and cites briefly what the chapter concerns and then relates this to the city of Philadelphia. No additional sources cited.
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their landscapes, the sidewalk, As this suggests, the primary point of chapter 2 ("The uses of sidewalks: safety") is to discuss city crime. She points out, however, that the features
of cities that promote crime are not what is typically pictured. For example, Los Angeles, by the terms of conventional thinking, should have a small crime rate, but its rate
is twice as high as Philadelphia (Jacobs 41). In chapter 4, "The uses of sidewalks: assimilating children," Jacobs relates how documentary filmmaker Charles Guggenheim discovered an interesting element in
this regard, which is that housing projects, intended to help the poor, are impersonal compared to older "slum" neighborhoods. It is the impersonal nature of housing projects that spawns juvenile
violence. Jacobs points out that the "worst girls gang in Philadelphia" originated on the grounds of the citys second-oldest housing project (Jacobs 100). Furthermore, the highest delinquency rates in Philadelphia
correspond with its major belt of projects (Jacobs 100). In chapter 5, Jacobs argues against the traditional conceptualization of parks, while also admitting their worth. To demonstrate her points,
she turns to Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia (Jacobs 116). When William Penn laid out the city, he placed at its center the square that is now occupied by City Hall
and at equal distances from this center is formulated four residential square, each identical and formulated for the same use (Jacobs 120). The fates of each of these square are
distinctly different. Rittenhouse Square has developed as Penn envisioned, while identical parks, such as Franklin, have not. In fact, Franklin Square is perceived as "Skid Row," which proves her point
that parks do not always follow the same evolutionary paths. In chapter 6, Jacobs discusses the nature and uses of city neighborhoods. A "successful neighborhood" is one that keeps
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