flo j w2

 Like Jacobs, William H. Whyte and his students took time to observe what an urban space needs to make people want to hang out there. For your follow up this week let's talk about the Whyte film. What does Whyte figure out -- just by close observation over the course of a couple days -- makes small urban spaces successful? In other words, why do people want to hang out in some places and not others?

Tell us about a small urban space you feel is a good place to be or one that is not. What is it about the design that makes this so?