Activity Quote by Bill Bryson

Everyone is aware that tremendous numbers of people concentrate in city downtowns and that, if they did not, there would be no downtown to…

— Jane Jacobs

There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a…

— Michael Ritchie

The notion - and I tell you this one even worries me that it extends into New Urbanism - the notion of the shopping…

— Jane Jacobs

I don't think malls are going to go away. People still need somewhere to go, but they do have to evolve.

— Angela Ahrendts

I been to many malls from state to state,But I've never been in, say, one this great.I hate to say, about the other shopping…

— Biz Markie

It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard…

— Ed McMahon

Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city.

— Bill Bryson

I have been dwelling upon downtowns. This is not because mixtures of primary uses are unneeded elsewhere in cities. On the contrary they are…

— Jane Jacobs

As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look…

— Michael Porter

The constant expansion of our malls and stores are proof of the fact that our holistic approach to development benefits not just us but…

— Henry Sy

I think local shopping areas and markets are terribly important, both for tradespeople and the local feeling of an area.

— Prunella Scales

Commercial real estate always trails residential, and as residential growth flourishes, shopping centers flourish and service the communities, and jobs come out.

— Johnny Isakson