Building Quote by Richard Moe

I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.

— Farah Diba

Building and preserving housing, along with keeping people housed, are critical to making our city more affordable for all.

— London Breed

As our cities and suburbs relentlessly expand, those priceless open spaces needed for recreation areas accessible to their people are swallowed up-often forever. Unless…

— Richard M. Nixon

Our historic buildings reflect our unique past.

— Marty Walsh

I definitely am concerned with preservation. For me, what's interesting is the archival state, or how long oil paintings last.

— Lucien Smith

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that…

— Carl Sandburg

It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you…

— Clarence Clemons

“Some of the projects in the archaeology and historic preservation program resemble our vision of”

— Wooldridge, Jane

Many people talk a lot about environmental preservation, but true greatness lies in putting these principles into practice and actually doing something about it.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

— Nellie McKay

New ideas often need old buildings.

— Jane Jacobs

Recycling old buildings to show art is very important.

— Agnes Gund