“...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago-their water supply comes from hundreds of miles away and any interruption of that, or food, or power for any period of time, you're going to have riots in the streets. Our society is so fragile, so dependent on the interworking of things to provide us with goods and services, that you don't need nuclear warfare to fragment us anymore than the Romans needed it to cause their eventual downfall.” NeedsCausesWaterCitiesStreetsNew YorkNeededPeriodsNuclearMilesDependentOur SocietyGoodsLos AngelesChicagoFragileWarfareFragmentsRiotBreakdownNuclear WarDownfallInterruptionsMiles AwayGoods And ServicesLarge Cities Author:Gene Roddenberry
“I find that people can’t find you. It’s kind of quiet. When I go to a city, I can almost always get a piano if I need one. So there’s something nice about being on the road and focusing on something you want to do.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsKindI CanCitiesNiceQuietPiano Author:Philip Glass
“We're proud of the work we're doing to make Chicago a great city for people of all ages. Nothing's more important than keeping in mind the needs of older adults - and how valuable a role they play in improving the city, based on their amazing collective talent and wisdom.” PeopleNeedsMindImportantPlayAgeCitiesRolesTalentProudAdultsValuableCollectivesChicagoImprovingGreat CitiesOlder Adults Author:Rahm Emanuel
“City needs creativity to retain the high performers who have lived there for years as well as to attract new, interesting residents.” NeedsYearsWellsInterestingCitiesCreativityPerformersResidentsNew Interesting Author:Charles Landry
“The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling that they need to make everything in the cityscape look nice and pretty as quickly as possible. That was particularly apparent in the former East Germany after reunification. Then cities sometimes get a bit too neat and tidy.” NeedsLooksSometimesEnoughFeelingsBitsCitiesNiceRiskEastFormerOfficialsGermanyNeatTidyEast GermanyReunificationNeat And TidyCityscapes Author:Charles Landry
“Most of the mosques were built in our cities in recent years because Turkish citizens in those neighborhoods feel a growing need for places to pray.” NeedsFeelsYearsCitiesGrowingPrayingCitizensBuiltNeighborhoodTurkishMosques Author:Wolfgang Schauble