William H. Whyte dissects a street corner

16 September 2010 in ideas, new york, urban | No comments

“There’s another kind of activity that we call ‘People just standing there, alone.’ Life swirls about them, and they let it all pass by. They just ... stand there.”

From The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, by William H. Whyte.

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