urban devastation Quotes

Maybe New York shouldn't survive. Maybe it should go through a cycle of destruction.

Kabul is... a thousand tragedies per square mile.

But look what we have built ... This is not the rebuilding of cities. This is the sacking of cities.

I watched the mighty skyline fall

Atlanta is totally destroyed. I don’t think that people will live there any more.

Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence.

A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions... Of all targets New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm.

In the burning and devastated cities, we daily experienced the direct impact of war. It spurred us to do our utmost...the bombing and the hardships that resulted from them did not weaken the morale of the populace.

You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames.