The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces¶
Whyte, W. H. (1980). The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Conservation Foundation.
Cited by¶
2 citations across 2 artifacts.
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Domain-specific¶
- Placemaking
- After New York's 1961 zoning granted developers bonus floor area for providing public plazas, many of the resulting spaces sat conspicuously empty while a few teemed
This sourceThe text checked of Whyte's book show sitting space, movable chairs, sun, food vendors and the sidewalk as factors in plaza use, but do not show his contrast with architectural distinction or a finding about trees.
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“A few were jammed, but more were nearer empty than full”
- After New York's 1961 zoning granted developers bonus floor area for providing public plazas, many of the resulting spaces sat conspicuously empty while a few teemed
Mechanisms¶
- Encounter Surface Observation Walk
- The walk converts a vague "it's not working" into three specific, dated fixes and a standing quarterly re-walk to check them — the method William H. Whyte pioneered by simply filming and counting how people actually used urban spaces.
This sourceUses direct observation, people counts, activity mapping, and time-lapse filming to study how people actually use public spaces.
- The walk converts a vague "it's not working" into three specific, dated fixes and a standing quarterly re-walk to check them — the method William H. Whyte pioneered by simply filming and counting how people actually used urban spaces.
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