"More than just a physical space, he explained, a city is a set of cultural norms. “It’s kind of a shared dream.” Stop dreaming, stop continually making decisions to maintain it, and ivy creeps up the walls."

"The love affair with the motorcar is much newer here,” Gehl continued. “They’ve only had them for twenty years and are madly in love. You have to get over youth to start to have more mature relationships, whatever you are loving."