In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and purpose as is being inside to eat, sleep, make shoes or love or music. The word citizen has to do with cities, and the ideal city is organized around citizenship -- around participation in public life.


Wanderlust: A History of Walking (ed. Penguin, 2001) - ISBN: 9781101199558

Rebecca Solnit Quotes

In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and purpose as ...

In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and purpose as ...

In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and purpose as ...

In great cities, spaces as well as places are designed and built: walking, witnessing, being in public, are as much part of the design and purpose as ...