“The contemporary urban area has man-made characteristics and problems that often override the specificity of site. Or rather, it would be more accurate to say that the specific character of a site is now perhaps as much the result of human action and desires as of the original geological structure.”
“Choosing a past helps us to construct a future.”
Kevin A. Lynch
“If we examine the feelings that accompany daily life, we find that historic monuments occupy a small place.”
Kevin A. Lynch
“There must also be some random accumulations to enable us to discover unexpected relationships. But serendipity is possible only when recollection is essentially a holding fast to what is meaningful a...”
Kevin A. Lynch
“To attempt to preserve all of the past would be life-denying.”
Kevin A. Lynch
“An environment that cannot be changed invites its own destruction.”
Kevin A. Lynch
