The urban is, therefore, pure form; a place of encounter, assembly, simultaneity. This form has no specific content, but is a center of attraction and life. It is an abstraction, associated with practice. What does the city create? Nothing. It centralizes creation. And yet, it creates everything. Nothing exists without exchange, without union, without proximity, that is, without relationships. The city creates a situation, where different things occur one after another and do not exist separately but according to their differences. The urban, which is indifferent to each difference it creates…itself unites them. In this sense, the city constructs, identifies, and sets free the essence of social relationships.
— Henri Lefebvre (via shriyashriyashriya) (via wildcat2030)
