Title & Author:

The social life of small urban spaces / by William H. Whyte.

Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : Direct Cinema Ltd., 1988, ©1979.

Description:

1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Notes:
Produced by the Municipal Art Society of New York--Container.
Copyright on container: ©1990.
Produced by the Municipal Art Society of New York and originally issued as a motion picture in 1979.
VHS format.
Photography, William H. Whyte, Marilyn Russell ; music by Bainbridge Brass Quintet.
Includes footage of the Seagram Building plaza.

Summary:

A small group of observers, the "Street Life Project", sets out to study how people use the parks and plazas of the city. With the help of time-lapse filming they find that what makes a place work are the basics--a place to sit, for example, food, sun, a passing show

ISBN:

1559741473
9781559741477

Subject:

Pedestrian areas Social aspects New York (State) New York.
Open spaces Social aspects New York (State) New York.
Parks Social aspects New York (State) New York.
Plazas Social aspects New York (State) New York.
Espaces verts Aspect social New York (État) New York.
Places Aspect social New York (État) New York.
Open spaces Social aspects.
Parks Social aspects.
Pedestrian areas Social aspects.
Plazas Social aspects.
Pedestrian areas Social aspects United States.
Open spaces Social aspects United States.
Parks Social aspects United States
Plazas Social aspects United States.
New York (State) New York.
Seagram Building (New York, N.Y.)

Form/genre:

Videocassettes.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
VHS (TM)
Videotapes.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.

Added entries:

Whyte, William Hollingsworth.
Municipal Art Society of New York.
Street Life Project.
Direct Cinema Ltd.

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 112463
Call No.: ID:94-F10
Status: Available