The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces [Paperback]
Book Description
In 1980, William H. Whyte published the findings from his
revolutionary Street Life Project in The Social Life of Small Urban
Spaces. Both the book and the accompanying film were instantly labeled
classics, and launched a mini-revolution in the planning and study of
public spaces. They have since become standard texts, and appear on
syllabi and reading lists in urban planning, sociology, environmental
design, and architecture departments around the world. Project for
Public Spaces, which grew out of Holly’s Street Life Project and
continues his work around the world, has acquired the reprint rights to
Social Life, with the intent of making it available to the widest
possible audience and ensuring that the Whyte family receive their fair
share of Holly’s legacy.
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About the Author
William H. Whyte was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1917. He joined the staff of Fortune in 1946, after graduating from Princeton University and serving in the Marine Corps. His book The Organization Man (1956), based on his articles about corporate culture and the suburban middle class, sold more than two million copies. Whyte then turned to the topics of sprawl and urban revitalization, and began a distinguished career as a sage of sane development and an advocate of cities. Along with numerous articles and studies, Whyte edited and co-wrote The Exploding Metropolis (1957), and authored Cluster Development (1964), The Last Landscape (1968), The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980), City: Rediscovering the Center (1988), and A Time of War: Remembering Guadalcanal, a Battle Without Maps (2000). He died in 1999.
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Editorial Reviews
About the Author
William H. Whyte was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1917. He joined the staff of Fortune in 1946, after graduating from Princeton University and serving in the Marine Corps. His book The Organization Man (1956), based on his articles about corporate culture and the suburban middle class, sold more than two million copies. Whyte then turned to the topics of sprawl and urban revitalization, and began a distinguished career as a sage of sane development and an advocate of cities. Along with numerous articles and studies, Whyte edited and co-wrote The Exploding Metropolis (1957), and authored Cluster Development (1964), The Last Landscape (1968), The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1980), City: Rediscovering the Center (1988), and A Time of War: Remembering Guadalcanal, a Battle Without Maps (2000). He died in 1999.
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