Building Quote by David Rockefeller

Who’s afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just don’t know. The gamble of…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

The near-term attacks ... will either rival or exceed the 9/11 attacks... And it's pretty clear that the nation's capital and New York city…

— Tom Ridge

It's hard for me to believe that it [World Trade Center Building 7] came down by itself... Twenty years from now, people will look…

— Andrew Napolitano

I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New…

— Martin Scorsese

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must…

— Jane Jacobs

the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

I think there will be a 200-story skyscraper someday. However, it will require a developer who will not think in conventional terms and for…

— Helmut Jahn

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate…

— Richard Price

We saw when those World Trade towers came down what these terrorists will do.

— Paul Cellucci

For native New Yorkers and pilgrims alike, there have been few things more heartbreaking about the protracted aftermath of Sept. 11 than the garish…

— Norah Vincent

I'm very optimistic about the future. I'm just not optimistic about the skyscraper as a building typology that is suited for the future.

— James Howard Kunstler

[New York] is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and they will always be the essence of New York. That won't change, just…

— Donald Trump