Urban Planner Gifts

"It sort of makes you stop and think, doesn't it."

Manhattan Cat atop the The Rock

Manhattan Cat atop the Flatiron Building

Urban therapy.

Manhattan Cat atop the Woolworth Building

"So it's agreed then. There'll be no third runway, and you'll head the Fourth Runway steering group."

'Let's build all possible variants and see which one turns out to be the cheapest to run!'

"Once, I tried to change the laces, and the Landmarks Commission came down on me like a ton of bricks."

"XIVth Street"

New York's Newest Neighborhood- Little Vermont.

"We've decided to add forty floors."

Coming soon - Phase Two: More of the same.

'OK, that's five votes in favor of saving the historic old hotel, and one vote for stomping it to bits and eating everyone inside!'

'Isn't it nice to see children walking to school?'

'It's worse than we thought. They're developers!'

'Your yard is starting to mess with my livingroom.'

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

An Accident Waiting To Happen.

"We'll take it."

"I can remember when this was all farmland."

'On a clear day you can see the plush neo-classical offices of the bastards who designed these monstrosities.'

"I'm afraid you neglected to submit the proper development permit application."

Human population Train.

New Planning Body in beauty spot - 'Nice spot for our HQ...'

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

'Why should I be concerned about the environment? I never go there.'

Wind turbines seen as a blot on the landscape by motorists who don't notice the impact of the motorway.

'I'm sorry, but there's nothing in the zoning regulations covering bad taste.'

'A high-rise block of flats would give many people a chance to enjoy a rural life...'

'Farnsworth, this isn't what I meant when I asked you to draft bridge plans.'

'Rest of world full, do not enter.'

'Public/Private Park etc'

Urban Tsunami

Parking downtown is getting harder and harder.

Simplified Map of London.