Urban activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), author of the groundbreaking 1961 work "The Death and Life of Great American CIties." Image courtesy Makeshift Metropolis  Photo 3 of 6 in Witold Rybczynski: Makeshift Metropolis by J. Michael Welton

Witold Rybczynski: Makeshift Metropolis

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Urban activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), author of the groundbreaking 1961 work "The Death and Life of Great American CIties." Image courtesy Makeshift Metropolis