Who was Jane Jacobs' prominent adversary on urban planning issues?
Robert Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Robert Moses
Richard Nixon
Answer
Jane Jacobs was an American urban planner and journalist who is best known for her criticisms of urban renewal and her defense of the value of neighborhoods. She was a prominent adversary of Robert Moses, a New York City urban planner who was responsible for many large-scale construction projects that Jacobs believed destroyed the fabric of urban neighborhoods.
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