“If we examine the feelings that accompany daily life, we find that historic monuments occupy a small place.”
Kevin A. Lynch
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“Choosing a past helps us to construct a future.”

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“To attempt to preserve all of the past would be life-denying.”

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“An environment that cannot be changed invites its own destruction.”

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“We prefer a world that can be modified progressively, against a background of valued remains, a world in which one can leave a personal mark alongside the marks of history.”

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