Are we building a world where there is no “there” there? How will we know what we have lost? Ongoing convo btwn @MikeDavisPHX & @benedictnelson of @insightlabs
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Number 12 of our top 12 quotes of the year: on.fb.me/Skx3ya
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Wow. Just learned the word “economics” comes from the Greek word for home, from @ElementsOfPlace site ~ bit.ly/MV1C6m --> Great read.
BUTCHER SHOP bit.ly/KUzXpm "A room that is completely red is almost certainly bad."
THE GLASSWORKS bit.ly/KBLO7e “...the history of the texture of buildings as the history of our ability to scale glass.”
MARS bit.ly/JSNKg9 "The very thing that attracted the colonists – the fact that it was a different world – would have been changed."
GROUND ZERO bit.ly/NpinHv "You were trying to combine ... a symbol of patriotism with some fairly pragmatic real estate principles."
AUGUSTA bit.ly/NphTko "When it rains enough, the idyllic, well-manicured golf course you see on TV really smells like a barnyard!
THE FLYOVER bit.ly/JSMmtW "When you fly over the landscapes of VA or KS they looks different from the landscapes of CA or AZ"
STRIP MALL bit.ly/KYIKna "You've been dealt a king of diamonds or a Lowe's and that's just how it's going to look"
MCDONALD'S bit.ly/JSMF3W "reliability of McDonald’s ... does not please me like the reliability of my Blackberry"
GRAND CENTRAL bit.ly/JSM9mu "It’s not just the consistency of the space, but the consistent level of busyness and traffic inside"