John Norquist Quotes (8 Quotes)

The design of the old cities has been where the market has been going for the last 20 years,

There will be a lot of pressure without a lot of thought to get something done, ... If they build and build, or turn over big chunks of land to suburban (style) developers, the result will be a mess.

Las Vegas has a lot of people to accommodate 35,000 a month. And if you want to do it in a way that doesn't just cover up landscape and has lasting value having a variety of housing types so people can walk to the corner store, that's a good option.

They should just affirm the street patterns and property lines that already exist. The city needs to learn from its image, which is very strong, ... It's not just the jazz, it's the life. Sophisticated pleasure -- they need to stick with that. That's why the world loves them.

President Bush could suspend payroll taxes for anybody who lived in New Orleans for 10 years, ... That would create a market for low-income people to live there.

You're going to see a lot of people in a hurry.

If we got connected to Indianapolis with a commuter rail, that transportation would provide job opportunities for people,

They should get the streetcar system back to where it was at the end of World War II. They'd see that real estate investment would follow, and they'd be able to rebuild a lot of the neighborhoods faster.