“The course of urban development in America is pushing the individual toward that line seperating proud independence from pitiable isolation.” — Ray Oldenburg Copy Share Image
“The idea of the frontier runs so deep in American culture that we internalize the idea that to find nature—real nature—you have… — Christopher Brown Copy Share Image
“Everything good in New York used to be something awful, I guess." "And everything awful used to be something good.” — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
“The development of an informal public life depends people finding and enjoying one another outside the cash nexus.” — Ray Oldenburg Copy Share Image
“But ideal cities are very much the product of their own ages. Designed as complete urban statements, they bear the unmistakable imprint… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The dodo itself stands as the best emblem of this general truth - that insular evolution often involves transforming an adventurous, high-flying… — Quammen, David Copy Share Image
“I delve into the mysterious and counterintuitive world of helmets and high-visibility gear later in the book. But it's worth immediately noting… — Peter Walker Copy Share Image
“No neighbourhood or district, no matter how well established, prestigious or well heeled and no matter how intensely populated for one purpose,… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Architecture and urban design, both in their formal and spatial aspects, are seen as fundamentally configurational in that the way the parts… — Bill Hillier Copy Share Image
“Urbanism is the most advanced, concrete fulfillment of a nightmare. Littre defines nightmare as 'a state that ends when one awakens with… — Tom McDonough Copy Share Image
“There is a widespread belief that americans hate cities. I think it is probable that Americans hate city failure, but, from the… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“From the time I arrived in British East Africa at the indifferent age of four and went through the barefoot stage of… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“A CITY IS AS much a state of mind as a place—a set of perceptions of place. On the last train home… — Ian McDonald Copy Share Image
“To generate exuberant diversity in a city's streets and districts four conditions are indispensable: 1. The district, and indeed as many of… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Planners, architects of city design, and those they have led along with them in their beliefs are not consciously disdainful of the… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The charm of a city, now we come to it, is not unlike the charm of flowers. It partly depends on seeing… — Robert Doisneau Copy Share Image
