Main entry:

Whyte, William H., Jr., 1917-1999, author, photographer.

Title & Author:

City : rediscovering the center / William H. Whyte ; photographs by the author.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Doubleday, ©1988.

Description:

xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-377) and index.
Introduction -- The social life of the street -- Street people -- The skilled pedestrian -- The physical street -- The sensory street -- The design of spaces -- Water, wind, trees, and light -- The management of spaces -- The undesirables -- Carrying capacity -- Steps and entrances -- Concourses and skyways -- Megastructures -- Blank walls -- The rise and fall of incentive zoning -- Sun and shadow -- Bounce light -- Sun easements -- The corporate exodus -- The semi-cities -- How to dullify downtown -- Tightening up -- The case for gentrification -- Return to the agora -- Appendix A: Digest of open-space zoning provisions New York City -- Appendix B: Mandating of retailing at street level.

Summary:

By mostly watching people the author describes and analyzes the city and its people and the effect each makes on the other.

ISBN:

0385054580
9780385054584

Subject:

Cities and towns.
City and town life.
City planning.
Sociology, Urban.
Cities
City Planning
Sociologie urbaine.
Urbanisme.
Vie urbaine.
Villes.
cities.
urban sociology.
urban planning.
71.14 urban society.
Stadtplanung
Stadtsoziologie
Stadssociologie.
Stadsplanning.
City life.
geografie
geography
mens
man
psychologie
psychology
sociologie
sociology
steden
towns
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
stadsomgeving
urban environment
stedelijke samenleving
urban society
urbanisatie
urbanization
districten
districts
invloeden
influences
Social Geography
Sociale geografie

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76490
Call No.: ID:92-B590
Status: Available