From the Book - 50th anniversary ed., 2011 Modern Library ed.
Part one: The peculiar nature of cities. The uses of sidewalks: safety
The uses of sidewals: contact
The uses of sidewalks: assimilating children
The uses of neighborhood parks
The uses of city neighborhoods
Part two: 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
Part three: Forces of decline and regeneration. The self-destruction of diversity
The curse of border vacuums
Gradual money and cataclysmic money
Part four: Different tactics. Subsidizing dwellings
Erosion of cities or attrition of automobiles
Visual order: its limitations and possibilities
Governing and planning districts
The kind of problem a city is.
