Quotes About Plazas

DC and Monster have always supported my vision for street skateboarding, from building skate plazas throughout the world to now creating the first-ever professional skateboarding league.

The artificial hills and plazas of even small centers were symbolic depictions of the sacred landscape of mountains, hills, trees, and lakes, material replicas of the Maya cosmos designed as the settings for elaborate public rituals that sanctified Maya life—and water management. Tikal, Belize's Caracol, and other centers were giant water catchments, their pyramids "water mountains.

The narrow streets and modest plazas were empty of life and slick with rain, while above them the soaring ateliers brooded, their dark windows as blank as weary eyes.

L'Eixample, Langdon thought. The Widening. Visionary city architect Ildefons Cerdà had widened all the intersections in this district by shaving the corners off the square blocks to create mini plazas, with better visibility, increased airflow, and abundant space for outdoor cafés.

Mientras tanto, en plazas y calles la vida sigue e improvisa, como si la muerte fuera una invención, una mentira. Y a lo mejor lo es. Uno termina aferrándose a esa imposibilidad, sin advertir que más adentro el alma desfallece.

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.