At this stage in the game, we can pretty much deduce that the making of attractive cities is not instinctive. There was a time when architects actually cared what buildings looked like. There was a time when owners of properties would pay for the best products and designs, because there was a certain pride that went hand in hand with the end result. Those days are long gone for the most part. How do we get back to building great cities, instead of mediocre dreck? Here’s a helpful video that has plenty of common sensical suggestions on what makes a city inspiring, and what makes it banal.