Urban Thinker Mugs

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

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

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

Shootings in New York.

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

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

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

No Immediate Danger

"Follow that dream!" (man boarding taxi)

"I can hear Brooklyn becoming played out."

Populating URBAN DICTIONARY.

"Someday this will all be yours...assuming that someday you'll have enough to buy it from me."

"Chop wood, carry water, walk dog."

The Earth studying our cities with much interest

Holiday cottage

"Time like these make me wish we had sprung for that apartment with a park view."

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

City Centre Development - "...We've spent all the money on the model."

From Here You Can See Bugger All

"On a clear night when the stars are twinkling over the city, I almost don’t mind that civilization collapsed."

Hard Hat Area/Hard Nosed Area.

"Hmm...any dietary restrictions?"

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

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

"When satire becomes indistinguishable from reality, there's a problem."

"So, Morrison, what you're are suggesting is we abort the skyskraper idea and instead build a giant hill with interconnecting tunnels.2

Real Estate Depression

Your logic is flaccid and your data suppositional, dawg!

Amongst the rush.

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

"One day, son, all these skyscrapers that we built for no reason and lie empty will be yours."

"The first step towards solving New York's City's problems is to STATE them, which I will now proceed to do."

'I warned you we'd get thrown out, changing the name from the Garden of Eden.'

"Of course, you try to raise your kids so they won't need lawyers."

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