About this title: The author of the bestselling The Organization Man humanizes "the city" by artfully dissecting its elements and offering an eye-opening perspective on its components. 120 photos.
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Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 386 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean & Tight. Except for previous owners name inside cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 386 p. Audience: General/trade. Clean & Tight. Except for previous owners name inside cover. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Good. No dust jacket. FEBRUARY 1988 FIRST EDITION stated. "Used" stamper inside and on page edges. Page crease on one top corner. Corner damage and damage to back cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 386 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, NY
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Quarto. xxii, 386 pp; b/w photos by the author; appendices; notes; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards in unclipped dj. VG/VG-. light edgewear to jacket edges, small closed tear to top edge. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, O5
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0385054580. Hardcover. 8vo. Doubleday. 1988. 386 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Whyte on the FFEP and on the title page above his name. DJ in VG shape with light shelfwear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. O5; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 386 pages. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1/15/1989
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Good. 0385054580 good hardcover book in dust jacket, light wear to pages and dust jacket, text free of marks, ex library book, usual library markings/stamps, pages are good and tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1989-01-15
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Very Good. Very Nice book with minimal wear. Nice cover, clean pages, tight binding. 100% Satisfaction before, during and after the sale. read more
Description: Good. 0385054580 Dust jacket has a small tear at bottom of front as well some light rubbing. Book and pages have begun tanning. This is otherwise a tight and mark free copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1989-01-15
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. hb, 1988, 1st edition, ex-lib with usual markings, dj w/mylar cover, nice clean text, binding tight, SKU-A064, A small family business committed to BIG service! Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 386 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780385054584ISBN:0385054580
Description: Photographs. Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Stated first edition, bound in white paper boards with black cloth spine. 386 pages, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs taken by the author. Bumping to cover corners and head and base of spine. Contents clean; binding tight. Dust jacket--now in protective Mylar--is yellowed and creased, with minor chipping to bottom of front panel. Jacket not price-clipped. read more
"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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