In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way t

In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future – Daniel J. Boorstin

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Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night. – Rupert Brooke

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. – Italo Calvino

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. – Fred A. Allen

And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beautys heightening… – Matthew Arnold

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