The death and life of great American cities

Pt. 1. The Peculiar Nature of Cities -- The uses of sidewalks: safety -- The uses of sidewalks: contact -- The uses of sidewalks: assimilating children -- The uses of neighborhood parks -- The uses of city neighborhoods . Pt. 2. The Conditions for City Diversity -- The generators of diversity -- The need for primary mixed uses -- The need for small blocks -- The need for aged buildings -- The need for concentration -- Some myths about diversity. Pt. 3: Forces of Decline and Regeneration -- The self-destruction of diversity -- The curse of border vacuums -- Unslumming and slumming -- Gradual money and cataclysmic money. Pt. 4. Different Tactics -- Subsidizing dwellings -- Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles -- Visual order: its limitations and possibilities -- Salvaging projects -- Governing and planning districts -- The kind of problem a city is -- Index