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Architecture and the Community In the Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs argued that healthy cities are natural, spontaneous, and varied. They thrive on economic, architectural, and human diversity. A big factor that Jacobs pointed out was a successful city could not be based on orderly redevelopment plans that replaced whole neighborhoods with office parks and plazas, in order to clear a slum or make a city more aesthetically pleasing (Jacobs, 270). Jacobs stressed that for a successful city, populations need to be dense, and use of land mixed. Community needs for stadiums, libraries, parks, and other public facilities should be the concern of both public and private decision-making. Jacobs criticizes classifying purposes into single-use districts, including government, cultural centers, and public assembly facilities. Jacobs feels that it prevents the mixture of ideas and experiences that are extremely important to a city's economic and social well-being...

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