John Norquist
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"John Olof Norquist" is an American political figure/politician and 37th list of mayors of Milwaukee/mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as mayor from 1988 until he left office in 2004 to lead the Congress for the New Urbanism.

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

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.

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

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.

Housing appears to be in real good shape.

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.

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.