William H. Whyte. The Social Life Of Small Urban Spaces

New York : Ingram, 1980. – 125 p. — ISBN: 097063241X.
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.Foreword by William K. Reilly1 The life of Plazas
2 Sitting Space
3 Sun, Wind, Trees, Water
4 Food
5 The Street
6 The "Undesirables"
7 Effective Capacity
8 Indoor Spaces
9 Concourses and Megastructures
10 Smaller Cities and Places
11 Triangulation
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes