A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, creativity, genius-and his selfishness and errors.

Quote by Charles Abrams

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A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality...

A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict a personality...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting...

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada...

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

They are pure, unduplicatable Chicago. they help explain why-in Chicago-it is unwise to take your...

They are pure, unduplicatable Chicago. they help explain why-in Chicago-it is unwise to take your...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country....

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country....

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.