Urban Issues Enthusiast Gifts

"I think what this city really needs is a few less bums on seats."

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"Follow that dream!" (man boarding taxi)

"I can hear Brooklyn becoming played out."

Holiday cottage

The Earth studying our cities with much interest

Demonic Repossession.

'See, Jimmy, as the population grows too dense, the rats begin to brutalize each other...'

Third Option

Eric Adams Caricature

'New in town, hey? Let me show you a great condo tower.'

'I see the rebranded mobile methadone project got underway.'

Man at council planning offices can't get through door due to position of steps.

'Remind me again, Dad. Why did you want me to get that college degree?'

'It's the council's flood defence system.'

Immigrating to the City

"So this is the lovely view of trees..."

Vote for Ken and his congestion charge.

"You're not allowed to enter the city. Your exhaust emissions are much too high!"

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

Revolutionary fists - 5 Euro,

"Yes, we've been lost before, but never this lost."

"...and I have a farmhouse in the city."

"Listen, it starts with just a road. Then it's streets and then avenues, and before you know it, you're on the New Jersey Turnpike, wondering where it all went so wrong."

"I know it saved costs but I still think a flyover would have been better."

"Now, that's what I call a skyscraper!"

"... But he was just about to hand it to me before he keeled over!"

"I've found a filing cabinet here...a prime development opportunity! I reckon you could get three studio flats out of it!"

"So we're on top of the Empire State Building and the kid says, 'Relax. Everyone knows cats always land on their feet.' So then..."

'For God's sake step back and let the TV cameras through!'

"It was the cheapest way for us to cover the potholes."

'Elm and Oak? The streets were named after trees that were here before the developers cut them down.'

'Just wait tillI become Mayor - I'll sort the transport system out.'

"Nobody likes closing libraries but with all the cuts we don't have any choice!"

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...