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I basically don't think that the way we do things is that dependent on one resource, such as oil. There can be different kinds of engines for cars. I think that solar heating, wind heating can substitute for a lot of uses for oil. I'd like to see those things happen because they are more sustainable in any case. But I do not think that running out of oil is not going to bother us that much. I think we have got to be rescued by something or we really are going down a slippery slope.

Jane Jacobs's Popular Quotes

The first fundamental of successful city life: People must take a modicum of responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. T…

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The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically)…

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There is no new world that you make without the old world.

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While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

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Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them.... for really new ideas of any …

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There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

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Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

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Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

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The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were…

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