We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“But the process should not be confused with science. When tests are used as selections devices, they're not a neutral tool; they become a… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it,… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“Someday someone is going to create a stir by proposing a radical new tool for the study people. It will be called the face-value… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
Nonconformity is an empty goal, and rebellion against prevailing opinion merely because it is prevailing should no more be praised than acquiescence to it.… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“Society is itself an education in the extrovert values, and rarely has there been a society that has preached them so hard. No man… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
