Urban Pioneer Gifts

'In return for storing the nuclear waste, we get a big break on the mortgage.'

"We're moving to someplace called Ur. It's an entirely new concept in group living."

"That's the 'big apple' son...if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere!"

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Of all the buildings I've designed, it's probably the most handsome."

The inhabitants of the jungle get tied up in rush hour traffic.

Welcome To New York City...Subject to the following conditions.

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

"You've got those Stuck-in-the-Subway-Listening-to-a-Guy-Massacre-Dylan Blues."

'Wentworth Street, Whitechapel'

"I thought they were cracking down on jaywalking."

'I solved the problem of dead zones on my cell phone with a personal satellite,'

"We'll destroy it to the ground ... ...and then..."

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

"Springtime in New York. Ah, to be young, in love, and probably making two hundred and seventy-five thousand a year."

Push for Disco...

Giant Monster in Bath

Serenading

"You called me, boss?" "Yes, I overheard you talking to patrons about all the new planets we’ve found." "I want you to stop doing that." "At least until I’m done buying up as much of that real estate as I can. I don’t need any competitors driving up the prices." "Very bad man." "When the hipsters run out of cities to gentrify here, my properties on Gliese 581c are going to make a killing."

"Follow that dream!" (man boarding taxi)

"I'm starting my own movement—Occupy Fifty-Seventh Street."

'We would like an unspoiled paradise, but with lots of shops.'

'I'm telling ya, it's a jungle out there.'

The stages of gentrification: a guide

"Hey, I just consider myself very fortunate to be getting paid for something I'd be doing anyway."

Highlights From The Annual Central Park Country Fair

"I can hear Brooklyn becoming played out."

New York Netherworld

"How do you know you don't like New York if you've never even tasted it?"

"City kids."

Stork and baby discover scarecrows

Actual Extent Of Doug's Off - Road Adventures (Touching the kerb)

"I'll be a bit late... sorry."

'Follow that cab!'

'Welcome! You are now in Shambles!'