City

William H. Whyte (1917-1999), author of the bestselling Organization Man, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, was born in Pennsylvania and educated at Princeton. Paco Underhill, founder, CEO, and president of Envirosell, is the author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping and Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping.

Foreword, by Paco Underhill 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 Acknowledgments

"City punctures commonplace assumptions about urban life in virtually every chapter. . . . There is genuine brilliance here." (New York Times) "We who hug the city to us by instinct are grateful to Whyte for providing us with a hundred-a thousand-arguments for doing so." (New Yorker) "City is written in clear, straightforward, and vivid prose. . . . Whyte bubbles over with data. . . . He is an authentic visionary." (Los Angeles Times) "Whyte's Street Life Project studied the use of urban spaces for 16 years. This follow-up to The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces is an engaging look at the variety of human interactions which make 'downtown' vibrant. Whyte looks at such diverse topics as pedestrian movement, concourses and skyways, sunlight and its effects-all from the perspective of a confirmed city-lover. His observations and recommendations can be read with profit and pleasure by professional planners and readers interested in what makes a city tick." (Library Journal)