City : Rediscovering the Center.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Social Life of the Street -- 3 Street People -- 4 The Skilled Pedestrian -- 5 The Physical Street -- 6 The Sensory Street -- 7 The Design of Spaces -- 8 Water, Wind, Trees, and Light -- 9 The Management of Spaces -- 10 The Undesirables -- 11 Carrying Capacity -- 12 Steps and Entrances -- 13 Concourses and Skyways -- 14 Megastructures -- 15 Blank Walls -- 16 The Rise and Fall of Incentive Zoning -- 17 Sun and Shadow -- 18 Bounce Light -- 19 Sun Easements -- 20 The Corporate Exodus -- 21 The Semi-Cities -- 22 How to Dullify Downtown -- 23 Tightening Up -- 24 The Case for Gentrification -- 25 Return to the Agora -- APPENDICES A. Digest of Open-Space Zoning Provisions in New York City -- B. Mandating of Retailing at Street Level -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

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.

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