If you look at cities that have made huge transformations, it started with conversations like this one.

We're building on all the great things the city has in motion.

With San Jose being the (nation's) 10th-largest city, there is no reason why we shouldn't be a ... destination.

There are some cities that I did take time out to study, 'cause I love history and one of them was Boston, and of course Rome and all of those places like that. But, in Syracuse or Rochester, or any of those places, no.

I love cities that are on the water. I love the water element, specifically the sea. I grew up on the sea and I grew up sailing - I love sailing - and the presence of the sea gives the air and the light a very special quality that I absolutely adore.

Unfortunately, times are changing, our cities are changing.