Old yeller Christopher

Old yeller

Christopher Alexander, architect, A Timeless Way of Building 1 More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. Woody Allen, comedian and writer. When a planner speaks of implementing goals rationally, he implies that it is possible to demonstrate logically and experimentally the relationship between the proposed means ad the ends they are intended to further. Alan A. Altshuler, planner, The City Planning Process 1965 A plan is a list of actions arranged in whatever sequence is thought likely to achieve an objective. John Argenti, author and founder of the Strategic Planning Society Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus. Aristotle, Greek philosopher and educator 384-322 BC There is no dearth of land on the fringes of most cities. Land appears to be available in large tracts, easily assembled, at reasonable prices. There is no cost for tearing down old structures. There are often fewer controls in the outlying townships, no building code, no zoning regulation. These factors attract the builder to the fringe land. The families who are to live in the new homes are also attracted to the fringe in search of human values for themselves and their children; openness, greenery, play space, community feeling. Low taxes are accepted happily, without too much thought for the inadequacy of services that go with them. This search is sometimes an illusion. If too few old yeller arrive, services remain inadequate. Streets remain unpaved, there is no good high school with easy reach. If the fringe land becomes more intensely developed, the demand for urban services police protection, old yeller schools, drives up the cost of government. The empty lots are no longer for softball games. The commuting grind may become wearing after a while. Meanwhile, slums and blighted areas in the centers of cities rot. Charles Ascher, planner old yeller director of the Urban Development Division of the Federal National Housing Agency, Charles Ascher December 1 We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. Reubin Askew, former Governor of Florida Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones of them. Marcus Aurelius, emperor of Rome 121-180 AD The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.