There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely different possibilities in city dwelling construction at any one time.
Jane JacobsIntricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.
Jane JacobsTo science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder.
Jane JacobsThere are still an awful lot of intelligent, clever constructive Americans and they are still doing clever constructive things.
Jane JacobsWhat if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles? ... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia. What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable. The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles.
Jane Jacobs