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Jane Holtz Kay (born Jane Holtz; July 7, 1938, Boston – died November 4, 2012) was an American urban design and architecture critic. A columnist for The Nation, The Boston Globe and The New York Times, she authored three books on the conservation of natural and urban environments, most notably Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back. Kay grew up in the Boston suburb of Brookline with her younger sister, Ellen. After graduating from Buckingham School, she studied at Radcliffe College, majoring in American history.

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  • Jane Holtz Kay (* 7. Juli 1938 in Boston als Jane Holtz; † 4. November 2012 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Stadtplanungs- und Architekturkritikerin. Neben ihrer Kolumnistentätigkeit für unter anderem The New York Times, The Boston Globe und The Nation erreichte sie vor allem durch das 1997 erschienene Buch Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back Bekanntheit. Jane Holtz studierte amerikanische Geschichte am Radcliffe College. Ihre Abschlussarbeit verfasste sie über Lewis Mumford, der auch für ihr weiteres Werk einen wichtigen Einfluss darstellte. Zunächst war sie als Reporterin bei der Tageszeitung beschäftigt. Später verfasste sie Kolumnen für The Boston Globe (ebenso wie ihre jüngere Schwester ) und ab 1973 für The Nation. In ihrer ersten Monographie Lost Boston, erschienen 1980, beschäftigte sich Kay mit historischen Gebäuden in Boston, die für den Bau etwa von Straßen, Parkplätzen und Einkaufszentren abgerissen worden waren. Die Bewahrung des gebauten kulturellen Erbes war ebenfalls thematischer Schwerpunkt des Zweitwerks Preserving New England: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, das sie zusammen mit Pauline Chase Harrell verfasst hatte. 1991 zog Kay vom Bostoner Vorort Brookline nach Back Bay, einem innerstädtischen Viertel, und verkaufte ihr Auto. In den folgenden Jahren schrieb sie Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back, das 1997 veröffentlicht wurde und ihr einflussreichstes Werk darstellt. Darin kritisierte sie die kulturelle Dominanz des Automobils in den Vereinigten Staaten und deren Auswirkungen auf die Stadt- und Raumentwicklung. (de)
  • Jane Holtz Kay (born Jane Holtz; July 7, 1938, Boston – died November 4, 2012) was an American urban design and architecture critic. A columnist for The Nation, The Boston Globe and The New York Times, she authored three books on the conservation of natural and urban environments, most notably Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back. Kay grew up in the Boston suburb of Brookline with her younger sister, Ellen. After graduating from Buckingham School, she studied at Radcliffe College, majoring in American history. In 1960, she wrote her senior thesis on the historian and urban critic Lewis Mumford. His writings became a big influence on hers, and she visited him several times in the following decades. Kay began her career in journalism as a reporter for The Patriot Ledger, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, but later worked primarily as a freelance writer and author. Kay wrote columns for The Nation and The Boston Globe, and contributed several articles to The New York Times "design notebook" column. Her first book, Lost Boston, was published in 1980. It portrays buildings in Boston which had been demolished to build malls, roads or parking spaces. It was followed by Preserving New England (1986), which she had written with Pauline Chase Harrell. Her most influential book, however, is Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back, a critique of the car's dominance on American culture published in 1997. In 1991, Kay had sold her car and moved to the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. (en)
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  • Jane Holtz Kay (* 7. Juli 1938 in Boston als Jane Holtz; † 4. November 2012 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Stadtplanungs- und Architekturkritikerin. Neben ihrer Kolumnistentätigkeit für unter anderem The New York Times, The Boston Globe und The Nation erreichte sie vor allem durch das 1997 erschienene Buch Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back Bekanntheit. (de)
  • Jane Holtz Kay (born Jane Holtz; July 7, 1938, Boston – died November 4, 2012) was an American urban design and architecture critic. A columnist for The Nation, The Boston Globe and The New York Times, she authored three books on the conservation of natural and urban environments, most notably Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back. Kay grew up in the Boston suburb of Brookline with her younger sister, Ellen. After graduating from Buckingham School, she studied at Radcliffe College, majoring in American history. (en)
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