# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho

> As property prices started rising, developers snatched up bomb sites and derelict buildings and erected the shapeless concrete lumps that have made the ’70s the shining beacon of architectural splendor that it is.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Moon Over Soho](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho.md)
- Page: 194
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#Moon_Over_Soho_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/as-property-prices

## More from this book

> “The old days,” said Smith. “Isn’t that what you’re asking about? Because I was a respectable businessman.”
>
> “But Smithy,” said Stephanopoulis. “I don’t believe in respectable businessmen. I’ve been a copper for more than five minutes. And the constable here doesn’t think you’re respectable either, because it happens he is a card-carrying member of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party and so regards all forms of property as a crime against the proletariat.”
>
> That one caught me by surprise and the best I could manage was “Power to the people.”

p. 183 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/the-old-days.md)

> I rang her and left a message identifying myself and giving an impression of urgency without actually saying anything concrete. Never record anything you wouldn’t want turning up on YouTube is my motto.

p. 75 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/i-rang-her.md)

> First law of gossip—there’s no point knowing something if somebody else doesn’t know you know it.

p. 239 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/moon-over-soho/first-law-of-gossip-theres.md)