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Quote by Lewis Mumford
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, ener

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. – Lewis Mumford

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Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends. – Lewis Mumford

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