Critic: The perennial image of the "city on a hill" associates elevated locations with elevated purposes. The city' s concert hall -- its newest civic building -- is located on a spectacular hilltop site. But because it is far from the center of the city, it cannot fulfill the purpose of a civic building. An example of a successful civic building is the art museum, which is situated in a densely populated downtown area. It encourages social cohesion and makes the city more alive. The critic's reasoning most closely conforms to which one of the following principles?
A: A civic building that is located in a downtown area should, if possible, be located on an elevated site.
B: A city needs to have civic buildings if it is to have social cohesion.
C: The purpose of a civic building is to encourage social cohesion and to make a city more alive. 8
D: The downtown area of a city should be designed in a way that complements the area's civic buildings.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
C