Quotes About Urban

In those helter-skelter days of journalism between the Spanish-American War and World War I, the newsies shouting the headlines were as much a part of the urban street scene as the lampposts on every corner.

The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left.

For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours.

Here people cycled with a reckless swagger, talking on the phone and eating breakfast.

But now the train had finally begun to move, and Albie had switched the fearless truth-telling eye of his camera lens from his untied laces to the walls of the tunnels under east London, because you can never have enough pictures of dirty concrete.

The Metropolitan Health Act was the first of its kind in the United States. Many consider it a turning point in the history of American city life.

Napoléon solved none of the problems of Paris. His energies were too focused upon celebrating his own glory and solidifying his usurped throne, and too often diverted by warfare, which drained away the money needed for urban transformation.

I often talk about how great it is to live just a half hour from New York City, which provides me access to the finest theaters, museums, and restaurants in the world. The way I take advantage of this access is to hang out every night at Charlie's, which is about eight minutes from my house.

Chicago delighted me," he wrote, "because it was just as chaotic as my own mind, and I found my own preposterous state of consciousness reflected and exaggerated at every turn.

If a drug dealer falls in West Baltimore and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?

West Baltimore. You sit on your stoop, you drink Colt 45 from a brown paper bag and you watch the radio car roll slowly around the corner. You see the gunman, you hear the shots, you gather on the far corner to watch the paramedics load what remains of a police officer into the rear of an ambulance. Then you go back to your rowhouse, open another can, and settle in front of the television to watch the replay on the eleven o'clock news. Then you go back to the stoop.

The city was still known for its enchantments, but it would soon become notorious for its terrors.

I want no part of this nonsense. This whole city is a butt that farts horror.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

Big cities squeeze the ability to be patient right out of people. Life becomes too frantic and rushed. It's a sad thing.

I think the most important manner is just general kindness. When you go to big cities, sometimes people forget to just say, "Good morning," or "How are you?"

No puedo negar los fuegos artificiales cuando iluminan el cielo y retumban entre los rascacielos de la ciudad cada vez que me besa… y a veces sólo con sus abrazos.

Cities are distinguished by the catastrophic forms they presuppose and which are a vital part of their essential charm. New York is King Kong, or the blackout, or vertical bombardment: Towering Inferno. Los Angeles is the horizontal fault, California breaking off and sliding into the Pacific: Earthquake.

There are black people in Brixton!' Fran's face grew crimson. Shahid said, 'What's the matter with black people?' 'They'll beat us up!' 'Oh,' said Shahid. 'Really?' Fran, looking uncomfortable, said, 'Don't be silly, Harry! That was race riots, years ago.' 'I don't care! I don't like it. I'm not going there.

She thought she would feel more at ease once she was outside, but the footsteps pursued her along the street.

Remember the city, the city remember Where treasure is hidden under the ground The city, the city, always remember That's where the treasure will be found.

Vauxhall. I like to use the public housing a few blocks away for my little adventures.

Gentrification is key to understanding what happened to our cities at the turn of the millennium. But it is only half of the story. It is only the visible side of the larger problem: resegregation.

By itself, gentrification can't explain the new geography of race that has emerged since the turn of the millennium... Gentrification is key to understanding what happened to our cities at the turn of the millennium. But it is only half of the story. It is only the visible side of the larger problem: resegregation.