No neighbourhood or district, no matter how well established, prestigious or well heeled and no matter how intensely populated for one purpose, can flout the necessity for spreading people through time of day without frustrating its potential for generating diversity.
Jane JacobsAbout author
- Author's profession: Sociologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 1, 1916
- Died: April 25, 2006
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