"βAn environment that facilitates recalling and learning is a way of linking the living moment to a wide span of time. Being alive is being awake in the present, secure in our ability to continue but alert to the new things that come streaming by. We feel our own rhythm, and feel also that it is part of the rhythm of the world. It is when local time, local place, and our own selves are secure that we are ready to face challenge, complexity, vast space, and the enormous future.β"
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Kevin A. Lynch
Kevin A. Lynch (January 7, 1918 - April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner, author and professor. He is known for his contributions to site planning and urban design, having introduced new ways of thinking about how people perceive and navigate urban environments.
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