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Landscaping is the great cardinal sin of modern architecture. It’s not your garden, it’s not a park — it’s a formless patch of grass, shrubbery and the occasional tree that exists purely to stop the original developer’s plans from looking like a howling concrete wilderness.
Ben Aaronovitch (b. 1964) British author
Broken Homes (2013)
Added on 20-Jan-16 | Last updated 20-Jan-16
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Topics: architecture, city, garden, greenery, landscaping, modern, urban
More quotes by Aaronovitch, Ben It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
The Conduct of the Allies (1711)
Added on 5-Nov-15 | Last updated 5-Nov-15
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Topics: belief, intelligentsia, opinion, popular opinion, urban
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