#boosterism – @nickkahler on Tumblr

We need a facility that is representative of the dynamic city that Atlanta is, one that would be viewed by those who see it—locals and visitors alike—as spectacular, world-class. It will be something that will have a lot of pop, and you’ll go, ‘Wow! Look at that—that’s Atlanta.'

Robb Pitts, “On a New Central Public Library for Atlanta, GA,” 2009

#robb pitts #central library #library #architecture #facility #representation #dynamic #city #atlanta #georgia #pop #world class #world-class #spectacle #spectacular #quote #politics #boosterism

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One of Atlanta's biggest scenes is its science scene.

Mark Wentzel, “On Flow Fields” for Field Experiment, 2015

#mark wentzel #flow #field #field experiment #goat farm #hambidge center #atlanta #georgia #science #scene #boosterism #cdc #centers for disease control and prevention

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We can dream up and imagine what the historic center of Atlanta can be.

Rohit Malhotra, “On Downtown Atlanta and the Center for Civic Innovation,” 2015

#favorite #rohit malhotra #downtown #atlanta #center for civic innovation #city #quote #boosterism #imagination #dream #history #center #past #time #georgia #urbanism #city planning #fantasy

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The Bilbao effect has given rise to the Bilbao fallacy: the tendency, among politicians, boosters, and investors, to claim that a single expensive building will somehow alter a city’s identity, even though such transformations are more the exception than the rule.

Simon Lewsen, "What Good Can a Gehry Do?" 2014

#bilbao effect #fallacy #tendency #boosterism #investor #expensive #identity #rule #transformation #city #simon lewsen #architecture

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Whether Atlantans realized it or not, Whatizit/Izzy was actually a most appropriate symbol for their city. Critics had often claimed that boosters talked about Atlanta as if it was a person. Much like the smiling slug, Atlanta was a striving, self-absorbed adolescent trying to find a place among more mature and established peers ... possessed by a sense of mission and shameless hucksterism, as well as a propensity to turn seeming disasters, whether they be devastation in war or embarrassment before the world, into fame and profit.

Charles Rutheiser, Imagineering Atlanta, 1996

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The booster's enthusiasm is the motive force which builds up our American cities. Granted. But the hated knocker's jibes are the check necessary to guide that force. In summary then, we do not wish to knock the booster, but we certainly do wish to boost the knocker.

Sinclair Lewis, "The Needful Knocker," 1908

#sinclair lewis #quote #lit #literature #journalism #booster #boosterism #enthusiasm #force #ameria #city #urbanism #knocker #guide #summary

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I believe our city should have more special places in it. We want to have more water features that are part of the landscape of our city, features that create a stronger sense of place.

Kasim Reed, "On the Larry Kirkland Water Sculpture for the National Center for Civil and Human Rights," 2013

#kasim reed #quote #water #atlanta #boosterism #place #special #landscape #city #urbanism #city planning #public art

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Postcards from Atlanta, GA, c. 1991 (via atlantic)

#postcard #atlanta #georgia #documentary #promotion #boosterism

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For decades, Atlanta squandered chances to transform the neighborhood around the ballpark, and nothing symbolizes that better than storefronts that were renovated as showcases when the world was watching, and then covered back up when the spotlight moved elsewhere.

Rebecca Burns, "The Other 284 Days" for Atlanta Magazine, 2013

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Atlanta is too good to fail.

Blaine Kelley Jr., The Landmarks Group, 2013

#atlanta #TBTF #TGTF #blaine kelley jr.#the landmarks group #boosterism #sociology

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Any city that has any sense of its own identity doesn't talk about becoming a world-class city, it is what it is.

David D’arcy, "On Philadelphia" from The Art of the Steal, 2009 (via aceweekly)

#philadelphia #art #quote #urbanism #identity #fame #atlanta #art of the steal #city #tourism #boosterism #david d'arcy

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Invest Atlanta, "Boosterist Promotion," 2012

#atlanta #boosterism #invest atlanta #urbanism #neighborhood #video #audio