Peter Katz Quotations

We've seen what happens to other cities like Detroit, where public housing is allowed to run down to the point where the most (expeditious) thing to do is to implode the building and start from scratch.

Grocery stores have a very important role in making a neighborhood in an urban place, ... But a lot has to do with which grocery store. If it's a downscale chain, people get nervous.

Whole Foods is going to give identity to the neighborhood, ... The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community.

The parrots are one of the things that charmed us when we moved here.

Empower the neighborhood to be part of this process.

It's not about good architecture, or the opinion of a planning commissioner. It's not about pushing tall buildings. It's not about pushing open space. (It's about) talking about what you want, not what you don't want.

I don't want to sound like a snake-oil salesman here. There will be debate. It's not really a time-consuming undertaking. It's a matter of defining your neighborhood elements.