by Brian on 12-11-2009
in civics
Interesting clip from a longer film based on The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William H. Whyte (probably better-know for his monumental book, The Organization Man). I’m sure some of it is outdated (e.g. nothing about skateboarders… or, MOUNTAIN BIKES!) but most of the observations about human behaviour and interaction I’m sure hold true. Even [...]
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cities,
pedestrians,
people watching,
public spaces,
urban design,
urbanism
And I’m loading my laundry into two machines, using my customary system of “lights & darks” to decide which-goes-with-what — because I’ll be damned if I’m burning through, like, 1000 quarters to split everything into tiny loads of whites, colours, delicates, etc. I tend to only buy neutrally-inclined colours anyways: your beiges, your greys, and [...]
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bachelorhood,
characters,
laundry,
life,
people,
people watching,
public places,
stories,
stuff
