There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it’s euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.

It’s really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don’t have a downtown, you really don’t have anything. It’s hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.

Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn’t mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before.

Agriculture is the new golf.

The image of a community is fundamentally important to its economic well-being. If all places look alike, there’s no reason to go anywhere.

If you have a boat and a happy marriage, you don’t need another thing.

Golf courses sell real estate and that’s why they’re built.

All Americans need a sense of place. That’s what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.

The historical neighborhoods were the underpinnings of the city's economy, and rehabilitation of those historical buildings is critical to bringing the city back.

By doing a little bit of work ahead of time, the transition will be a lot easier on the new nursing home resident and their family members.