Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The paradox in China is that while some things change very rapidly, others don't. The appearance of its cities may be entirely… — Sze Tsung Leong Copy Share Image
I grew up on the West Side - the "near West Side," [in Detroit], as they say - in what would be… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I'd never really experienced the West before moving to Colorado. The East Coast, where I grew up, has a lot of big… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Movement was the essence of Manhattan. It had always been so, and now its sense of flow, energy, openness, elasticity as Charles… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
I can respect the gulf that separates alpinism from a running race and still appreciate that the physiology that accounts for endurance… — Steve House Copy Share Image
American cities are not scaled to the energy diet of the future. They have become too large. They're over-scaled. — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
In some cities they tear down buildings to save taxes. They might try tearing down some taxes to save buildings. — Ken Schoolland Copy Share Image
Two things significantly distinguish human beings from the other animals; an interest in the past and the possibility of language. Brought together… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I did not come from an academic background. My father was a smart man, but he had a fifth-grade education. He and… — Leonard Susskind Copy Share Image
Tis true among fields and woods I sing, Aloof from cities--that my poor strains Were born, like the simple flowers you bring,… — Alfred Austin Copy Share Image
The aeroplane. . . is not capable of unlimited magnification. It is not likely that it will ever carry more than five… — Waldemar Kaempffert Copy Share Image
Those 3,000 jobs in Sioux Falls, based on our population back then in Sioux Falls, would have taken 300,000 jobs in New… — Bill Janklow Copy Share Image
Paris is my favorite city in the world. The men are so beyond gorgeous, especially the humpy Arab men. But I could… — Vaginal Davis Copy Share Image
“Laila could picture the flow of traffic all around her. From above, she watched the cars move along in streams like all… — Cliff Jones Jr Copy Share Image
To the extent that the (ISIS's) advance is a series of urban revolts against the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki, the US… — Juan Cole Copy Share Image
There is no quiet place in the white man's cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring, or the… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands. — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
In a city like London, the fact that cultures live together and cross-fertilize is a beautiful and natural thing. The many cultures… — Charles Landry Copy Share Image
The disadvantages of a decentralized, spread out urban area are tremendous, and the environmental damage of urban sprawl cannot be ignored. As… — Minoru Mori Copy Share Image
I've spent a lot of time in Montreal, it's one of my favorite cities in the world. — Bonobo Copy Share Image
