When William Penn laid out the city of Philadelphia, he wanted there to be five squares, one of which is now occupied by City Hall. The other four are described in Jane Jacob's book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. In her book, she aims to look at the different fates of the four squares in 1961, whereas I will compare and contrast my own observations from 2012. Some are vastly different then they were 50 years ago, and some are relatively the same. By using photographs, I will show how they are similar or unlike Jacobs' descriptions.
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