City
Book description
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…
Why read it?
1 author picked City as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Whyte is very good at helping you understand how people use and move around a city. He gives a visual explanation of how pedestrians behave. In so doing, he illustrates how important seating opportunities are, even if it is a simple wall. He illustrates why cities are so beneficial to businesses because exchanges between colleagues are just a walk away. Even in the age of the internet, people need people; colleagues need a human connection to each other.
This is a very important book that illustrates how cities actually work on the ground versus the way planners think they should…
From Roberta's list on authentic urbanism.
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