Paleo Retiree writes:

Today’s quote comes from the great American urbanist William H. Whyte:

It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people – what is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.

Why do we in the U.S. build so many bad and/or ineffective public spaces? Is it something about America and Americans? (I think it may be, at least partly.) This page is full of visual examples, both good and bad.

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• Whyte’s book “City: Rediscovering the Center” will heighten your awareness of the spaces we inhabit; it’ll also wake you up to how silly, stupid and basic most of the mistakes we make are. No fancy theory — just down-to-earth observations and reflections about what works and what doesn’t work. And isn’t that 90% of what the discussion about architecture-and-urbanism should consist of?