Damian Woetzel Quotes

We want to shine a light on this great city of Baltimore. I can tell you, I love this city.

Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.

Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful - isn't even a city, really - unless it can lay claim to being 'vibrant.'

The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people.

There is no manual on how to run a global city like London. But I'm hugely proud of what we've been able to achieve in just the first year.

I don't want San Francisco to be just a place where people just move for opportunities.

I am very passionate, and I grew up in an incredibly beautiful urban community - the city of Detroit - born and raised.

Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don't have names for what they are or haven't identified them all. We can't pinpoint exactly what makes each city's people unique yet.

New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.

I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.

I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don't want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.

The movement toward a holistic approach to community development has been long in the making, but the housing crisis has motivated further progress.

Maybe, just maybe, we shall at last come to care for the most important, most challenging, surely the most satisfying of all architectural creations: building cities for people to live in.

Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves.

I want Baltimore to be the coolest city in the world.

Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles.

My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them.

I heard that Hubballi-Dharwad is going to be a Smart City. But it should ensure the sense of community and love is not lost.

I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.

Portland is a place where everyone closes their eyes and crosses their fingers and hopes for a better community. They keep it small and local, and usually they think if they just make great coffee, it's the best thing for the neighborhood.

We are fortunate to live in an attractive, highly desirable and vibrant city. A city that is growing, that draws new residents and visitors from across the world each day and a city with a great sense of pride in all we do and have to offer.

Part of what makes Minneapolis such a vibrant place to live and work is that we have active residents of all ages.

There are a lot of rules in cities that were designed to protect a particular incumbent, but not to move a city's constituents, a city's citizens, and the city itself, forward. And that's a problem.