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We expect too much of new # buildings , and too little of ourselves.
Jane Jacobs
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Jane Jacobs
Age: 89 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 4
Died: 2006
Died: April 25
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Economist
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Sociologist
Urban Planner
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Pennsylvania
Jane Butzner
Jane Butzner Jacobs
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