"A city is a narrative — either lyric, or impressionistic, or futuristic and gnarled space that rattles, clinks, and clatters like an iron plate. A city is by no means just a landscape. A city is a social and cultural environment. A city is a labyrinth. A city is an illusion. A city is a memory. A city is a utopia. A city is an abstract idea. Urbanistic poetry and prose on the verge of post-urbanism. A large city is usually Babylon: a blend, which is sometimes eclectic; a juxtaposition of contrasts; a dialogue and a conflict at the same time. A unity generated by differences. Some things are "old" about it and some things are "new". A city deprived of development is boring; a city deficient in historical context is sapless. That said, a city without a clear architectural idea is featureless and provincial."