[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt.

Quote by Robert Moses

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Have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for...

Have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for...

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

Here the skeptic finds chaos and the believer further evidence that the hand that made...

Here the skeptic finds chaos and the believer further evidence that the hand that made...

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

An architect is the drawer of dreams

An architect is the drawer of dreams

Architects believe that not only do they sit at the right hand of God, but...

Architects believe that not only do they sit at the right hand of God, but...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The...

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The...

This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in...

This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

Buildings don't exist to be pinned, like brooches, on the front of bigger structures to...

Buildings don't exist to be pinned, like brooches, on the front of bigger structures to...

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more...

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture....

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture....

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can...

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can...

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.