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April 25, 2006

It is with great sadness that Torontoist reports the death of Torontonian Jane Jacobs. The 89-year old writer and urban critic passed away this morning. Most famous for her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs had been a resident of Toronto since 1968, immediately became involved in important city activism, she was instrumental in the "Stop the Spadina Expressway" campaign (we got the Spadina subway line instead), and she supported......

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