Quotes About Cities And Skyscapers

Quotes by John Podhoretz, columnist for the New York Post, Architecture critic Hugh Pearman Edwin G. Burrows, and history professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

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November 28, 2001, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


Quotable opinions by: John Podhoretz, columnist for the New York Post; Architecture critic Hugh Pearman, quoted in the Irish Times; Edwin G. Burrows, history professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, quoted in American Demographics magazine. " Cities will not change...The economics of tall buildings will also prevail."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 in The Washington Post

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