The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

william h. whyte studied the where, why, next to who, and for how long we sit outside.* we're a very predictable bunch. we follow the sun, we want somewhere to put our coffee, we sit where other people are already sitting.

this is the study that made new york legally require usable plazas–visual reach that genuinely changed the shape of cities. dually comical and informative narration while you yearn for the image of a past life of new york.

*i too wish i could spend years watching people sit down as a job