There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) American-Canadian journalist, author, urban theorist, activist

The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Introduction (1961)
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On urban planning that disregards actual needs for gratuitous features that please outside observers.