“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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by Doug LeMoine on 16 September 2010
“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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