When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.
I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.
Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence.
Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to do with each other.
I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of eve...
There are a lot of places that I know extremely well. Like, if I were to visit Sydney, Australia, I'd feel very comfortable there. I'm very comfortable in many, many cities.
I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think.
I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.
I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?
There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.
I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.
They are sick in their minds. They say they brought 65 tanks into center of city. I say to you this talk is not true. This is part of their sick mind.
I'm very obsessed with the energy of New York and the idea of the way people behave in the city versus the way they behave in a natural environment.
We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring.
For me, New York still ranks as the most beautiful and the most interesting city in the world. It is also the most varied in terms of the things it has to offer.
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.
The great city of New York wields more of the destinies of this great nation that five times the population of any other portion of the country.
I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.
