"Every name [in the artisans’ city] was a branch of life, it was the memory of a moment of collective life. The street map was like a patrimony of memories, of affection, binding individuals together more strongly with the ties of solidarity through memory. The shop-keeping bourgeoisie has destroyed this heritage. ... All the princes, regents, ministers and generals of the House of Savoy have been given their niche. ... The encyclopedia has provided the rest. The bourgeois city is cosmopolitan, in other words a false international, a false universality. ... It is the triumph of the colorless and tasteless cosmopolis." 
Published in Avanti! (1917)
Qtd. in Vuolteenaho and Puzey, p. 78.
Vuolteenaho, Jani, and Guy Puzey. 2018. “Armed with an encyclopedia and an axe” In The Political Life of Urban Streetscapes: Naming, Politics, and Place, edited by R. Rose-Redwood, D. Alderman, and M. Azaryahu, 74-97.
