Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
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Published by University of Pennsylvania Press September 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
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Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 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 result of that research, a humane, often amusing view of what is staggeringly obvious about the urban environment but seemingly invisible to those responsible for planning it.Whyte uses time-lapse photography to chart the anatomy of metropolitan congestion. Why is traffic so badly distributed on city streets? Why do New Yorkers walk so fast--and jaywalk so incorrigibly? Why aren't there more collisions on the busiest walkways? Why do people who stop to talk gravitate to the center of the pedestrian traffic stream? Why do places designed primarily for security actually worsen it? Why are public restrooms disappearing? 'The city is full of vexations,' Whyte avers: 'Steps too steep; doors too tough to open; ledges you cannot sit on. . . . It is difficult to design an urban space so maladroitly that people will not use it, but there are many such spaces.' Yet Whyte finds encouragement in the widespread rediscovery of the city center. The future is not in the suburbs, he believes, but in that center. Like a Greek agora, the city must reassert its most ancient function as a place where people come together face-to-face. In a challenging and provocative book, William Whyte, author of the classic 'The 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 planners to provide functional, pleasant places to live and work.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
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Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 408 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Condition: New.
Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 408 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0812220749 ISBN 13: 9780812220742
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