Eyes fixed on the street. Jane Jacobs"s life

"Eyes directed on the street" is the story of a phenomenal woman who wrote seven breakthrough books, saved urban areas, participated in protest campaigns, stopped building the highway through her beloved Greenwich Villida, was arrested twice and participated in thousands of discussions, winning everywhere . Books, articles, performances by Jane Jacobs, her ideas opposed the dominance of modernism in urbanism. Her inquisitive mind, an unreasonable look and a sincere affection for everything that makes up the bright fabric of urban life, irrevocably changed the eyes of millions of people to what the city is and what makes it alive. This biography entered the top? 10 books on art (BOOKLIST), the top ten books of the year in architecture (World Architecture) and the long list of medal Andrew Carnegie for achievements in the genre of documentary prose