What We See refreshes Jane Jacobs’ economic, social and urban planning theories for the present day. More than thirty renowned pundits and practitioners combine their personal observations with meditations on Jacobs’ insights for the living city.

The book models itself after Jacobs’ collaborative approach to city and community building, asking citizens and niche specialists to share their knowledge with each other. What We See asks us all to join the conversation about next steps for shaping socially just, environmentally friendly, and economically prosperous communities.

Edited by Stephen Goldsmith and Lynne Elizabeth. Foreword by Michael Sorkin.

In bookstores May, 2010.

New Village Press, New York

(http://www.whatwesee.org/home)

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