tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post8444631544351310107..comments2024-02-21T02:24:27.384-08:00Comments on Necessary Facts: CitiesMichael E. Marottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14402515044482988601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520310366597866036.post-43794213234347349882011-05-20T07:56:00.132-07:002011-05-20T07:56:00.132-07:00I am a fan of Jacob's vision and sense. She tu...I am a fan of Jacob's vision and sense. She tutored herself and more often than not her reasoning has been validated by more careful research. We are so proud that she made her home in Canada. By her efforts to communicate values, she played a very important part in the design of our cities. Vancouver post-1974 owes almost all its urban design principles to Jacob's analysis and recommendations. The first influential writing of hers up here we on Bruckner Boulevard. She is one of the primary reasons that Vancouver has no urban freeways at all. Toronto of course knows her, but her ideas were implemented in a more piecemeal way in the early years of her influence. <br /><br />Michael, publish this with an Objectivish intro paragraph on OL and it will engender discussion.William Scott Scherkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481476585908252323noreply@blogger.com