CBC

Influential urban critic Jane Jacobs, who had a special relationship with Vancouver, has died at the age of 89. The Toronto-based Jacobs is perhaps best known for her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities in which she warned of the dangers of urban sprawl. She had a lot of good things to say about Vancouver, praising the high-density residential downtown and the fact the area was designed so people could get around on foot. Vancouver's co-director of planning, Larry Beasley, is often credited for his vision of the city. But he said some of that credit goes to Jacobs.