New Ideas Must Use Old Buildings

The More Successfully A City Mingles Everyday Diversity Of Uses And Users In Its Everyday Streets, The More Successfully, Casually (and Economically) Its People Thereby Enliven And Support Well-located Parks That Can Thus Give Back Grace And Delight To Their Neighborhoods Instead Of Vacuity.

Reformers Have Long Observed City People Loitering On Busy Corners, Hanging Around In Candy Stores And Bars And Drinking Soda Popon Stoops, And Have Passed A Judgment, The Gist Of Which Is: "this Is Deplorable! If These People Had Decent Homes And A More Private Or Bosky Outdoor Place, They Wouldn't Be On The Street!" That Judgment Represents A Profound Misunderstanding Of Cities. It Makes No More Sense Than To Drop In At A Testimonial Banquet In A Hotel And Conclude That If These People Had Wives Who Could Cook, They Would Give Their Parties At Home.

People Must Take A Modicum Of Public Responsibility For Each Other Even If They Have No Ties To Each Other.

While You Are Looking, You Might As Well Also Listen, Linger And Think About What You See.

I Was So Grateful To Be Independent Of The Academic Establishment. I Thought, How Awful It Would Be To Have My Future Hinge On Such People And Such Decisions.