New York is more now than the sum of its people and buildings. It makes sense only as a mechanical intelligence, a transporter system for the daily absorbing and nightly redeploying of the human multitudes whose services it requires.


The Art of the City (1984)

Peter Conrad Quotes

New York is more now than the sum of its people and buildings. It makes sense only as a mechanical intelligence, a transporter system for the daily...

New York is more now than the sum of its people and buildings. It makes sense only as a mechanical intelligence, a transporter system for the daily...

New York is more now than the sum of its people and buildings. It makes sense only as a mechanical intelligence, a transporter system for the daily...

New York is more now than the sum of its people and buildings. It makes sense only as a mechanical intelligence, a transporter system for the daily...