Each particle of the city needs to be individual, particular.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• Individuality and uniqueness in the cityconcept0.835
  The principle that every physical element of the city should reflect human character; a structural characteristic of living tissue
• After years of trying to make it work, it is after all necessary to have some kind of plan to create the large-scale order of a city.claim0.772
  Conclusion that piecemeal growth alone is insufficient; a guiding plan is necessary.
• To be whole, a building must be 'lost' in its surroundings—not separate, but part and parcel of them.claim0.770
  Defines the paradoxical quality of a living whole in architecture.
• the city is not, cannot, and must not be a tree.quote0.766
  Core anti-hierarchical proclamation from Alexander's 1965 article, frequently cited to show his shift to semilattice thinking.
• "[T]he city is not, cannot, and must not be a tree. The city is a receptacle for life."concept0.766
• "the city is not, cannot, and must not be a tree. The city is a receptacle for life."concept0.760
  Alexander's foundational argument from 'A City Is Not a Tree'; articulates his vision of overlapping, non-hierarchical structure.
• We need a city of public places where we can SEE these differences, where we can become engaged with the multitude of human characters.claim0.759
  Argues that public space must function as a theater for human variety
• "Remember that each building exists mainly to activate the land."quote0.756
  A summarizing heading that serves as a load-bearing aphorism for the whole chapter.