We need better places in this country. Public space.

So, it's divided esentially into, at its most basic level, into public and private space.

So it's time for change.

But you see that happening on the High Line, and I think that's the power that public space can have to transform how people experience their city and interact with each other.

And it's taught us really one thing, and that is to truly make good public space, you have to erase the distinctions between architecture, urbanism,

This is no different.

But that's not apathy that's intentional exclusion.

So here's what it looks like.

It's about carving out a space for trees.

But in the end, the main thing we need to focus on are people.

So moving to our second commandment that I wanted to show you.

It's a place worth caring about. It's well defined.

And then what they did was they created a city above the flyovers.

And we have to understand these main questions

The 20 largest cities in the world.

Mr. mayor, you were elected in a campaign to clean up the city.

The substance of things unseen.

And so, we launched our own T20 league.

This city is famous for its beautiful park.

It's based on wonder.

Van Gogh takes a very different line

A massive contrast with those avant garde artists who revel in the glitter and bustle of the after hours city.

It's a viewing place for people, not machinery.

lots of roads dispersed over large areas, almost no public transportation.

In people we trust.

And when you degrade the public realm, you will automatically degrade the quality of your civic life and the character of all the enactments of your public life and communal life that take place there.

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But we're less attuned to the nuances of the public.

It's about being together.

I don't like the polluted atmosphere of big cities.

It's not enough, new sources of energy.

But this is how we do it in the United States.

But, what I want to describe to you quickly, is just how the city works.

So if you go back into the parking, into the corridors, it's almost like traveling into a parallel universe from cars and colors, into this sort of south facing urban oasis.

A small town lies between the big cities.

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The public realm in America has two roles it is the dwelling place of our civilization and our civic life, and it is the physical manifestation of the common good.

Capitals

And traffic planners all around the world have tried

We're going to have to re learn what the building blocks of these things are the street, the block, how to compose public space that's both large and small, the courtyard, the civic square and how to really make use of this property.

This is my personal space was a really interesting sort of design solution to the problem.

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