About this title: Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time." For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. City: Rediscovering the Center is the ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Date Published: 2009-09-09
ISBN-13:9780812220742ISBN:0812220749
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780385262095ISBN:0385262094
Description: Fair. Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair in Unknown jacket Fair Ex Library Wear to cover, text is clean, retired library book, may contain minor stickers or stamps, read more
Binding: S Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780385262095ISBN:0385262094
Description: Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall 386 pgs., SPINE UNCREASED, TEXT UNMARKED, PAGES AGE TONED AT MARGINS, COVERS BROWNING AND BRITTLE AT EDGES, MISSING ONE CORNER TIP ON REAR COVER. read more
Edition: Reissue
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780812220742ISBN:0812220749
Description: New. In a challenging and provocative book, William Whyte, author of the classic "Organization Man, " observes the influence public spaces have on the people who use them. In this exploration of pedestrian behavior and urban dynamics, he calls on city plan... read more
Description: Reader copy. Pages are tanned with small amount of moisture waviness on top outermost corner of first few pages. Small tear on cover. Contents neat, clean, unmarked, no folds or tears. Uncreased spine. Fast shipping. read more
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"Read this like a follow-up to A Pattern Language: it has research-based info on what worked in city centers in the 1980s. The strange part is that the team videotaped public corners and plazas to determine pedestrian behavior."
"I adored this book... a wonderful exploration of what makes public space successful. And thanks to Whyte, every time I see a building with multiple doors... one of which is open... I think about his observation that an open door "is enormously attracting."
He goes on to write: "Given a choice, people will head for the door that is already open, or that is about to be opened by somebody else. Some people are natural door openers. But most are not; often they will queue up three and four deep behind an open door rather than strike out on their own."
You know what? He's totally right. People WILL go through an open door..."
"I found the author's obsessive studies of pedestrian habits and habitats amusing and interesting. Also interesting was the insider view of NYC (and other city) planning commissions and their efforts (and oft-times failures) to create vibrant spaces in cities."
"An interesting study of what makes cities work. Although the book is now 20 years old, and some of the research 10 years older than that, human behaviour doesn't change. What makes a city work in 1976 is still true today. Just the clothes and the hairstyles would have changed in the pictures. ;)"
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