Alexander Garvin Quotations

We are looking for the best ideas wherever they can be found.

He told me when he was a little boy, he went to the top of City Hall and looking out on the city, he understood the plan William Penn laid out.

Here we have a chance to look at the street system, public open space, to ask ourselves what are the things there we want to keep of great historic and cultural significance.

From that point on, his plan was very clear how the city should progress.

During the public review process, one of the things that came out loud and clear is that people wanted their skyline back, and so as part of the instructions we gave to these designers, we said: Put the skyline back.

We are very involved in the process of finding out what's do-able.

He's not just significant in Philadelphia; he's significant as a national figure.