In Deadly Dare, there's a new craze at Theo & Ricky's school. The rules are simple. Write a dare, put it in the ...

In Deadly Dare, there's a new craze at Theo & Ricky's school. The rules are simple. Write a dare, put it in the ...

In the spring of 1940, the spectre of war turned into grim reality.

And on the English home front, men, women & children

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In the spring of 1940, the spectre of war turned into grim reality.

And on the English home front, men, women & children

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Conventional city planning holds that cities decline because they are blighted by over-crowding, byt old buildings & narrow streets, & by mixtures of commercial & residential use. Crowded neighbourhoods, it is generally stated, breed apathy & crime, discourage investment & contaminate the areas around them. The response of city planners is to tear the old neighbourhoods down, scatter their inhabitants, lay out super-blocks, & rebuild the area according to an integrated plan, with the frequent result that the crime rate rises still higher, the new neighbourhood is more lifeless than the old one, & the surrounding areas deteriotate even more, until the whole city is affected. In this groundbreaking study, Jane Jacobs offers a real alternative to conventional city planning that we have had in this century. Herself a city dweller, she asks what makes cities work, why are some neighbourhoods full of things to do & see & others dul, why is the crime rate soaring in public housing developments, & why are some of the areas condemned as slums so much more safe, stable & congenial? ...