Portal Quotes

“ers, armies will."

If the saga of San Francisco's World Trade Center has its hubris-"A Preview of Wonderland" is the title of the prospec-tus chapter on the proposed first phase-it shows the desire of the Port and the city to present an updated image to the world. The other thing it shows is the futility of large-scale, long-range plans. Architects and urban designers might think they can control the course of the future, but they're no match for cultural and technological reality.”
― John King, Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities