Central Quote by Jane Byrne

Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.

— Bob Goodlatte

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

— Jane Jacobs

We've gone through the urban renewal cycle in the '60s and '70s that really did a lot of damage to the fabric of urban…

— David Byrne

It's vital that communities actually get something back in return for seeing their area developed.

— Grant Shapps

The fortunate and successful New Urbanists will be the ones who can find local infill projects in small towns and small cities associated with…

— James Howard Kunstler

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

It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has…

— Stone Gossard

“Although it has become the most visible of American suburban landscapes, the edge node has few architectural defenders. Even developers despair: 'Shopping centers built…

— Dolores Hayden

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

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

— Eli Broad

But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were…

— Jane Jacobs

If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods.

— Harvey Milk