“Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves.
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“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.”
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“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
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“There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.”