Publicado 2011.
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“…People walk in the sunshine -- Street vendors are positioned according to he path of the sun -- Stret vendors facilitate pedestrian movement -- Safe surroundings increase porfits -- High tornover makes up for high rent -- Rents rise with increasing pedestrian density -- Global shops sell their wares on popular streets -- Salespeople possess analytical knowledge of the district -- Passersby have an intuitive knowledge of the district -- Familiar chain stores are landmarks -- Brand names attract people, people attract brand names -- Shops attract other shops -- Tourists carry bags -- Shops give
away bags -- Street vendors complement the surrounding selection of shops -- Human traffic complies with shop opening times -- Street vendors reinforce fluctuations -- People attract people -- Places of concentration depend on places of emptiness -- Cars can park in niches -- Cars park on top of one another -- Street vendors follow wrecking balls -- Constant grids afford manifold patterns of movement -- Equal grids proveke unequal blocks -- Buildings outlive uses -- A block consistes of many buildings -- Each building has at least one entrance -- No entrance is the same as any other entrance -- Entrances are meeting points -- Entrances are hurdles -- Shops attract pedestrians into the depths of the block -- Each building houses a business -- Small, specialized shops are essential to maintaining a district's vitality -- Display windows are mirrors -- Pedestrians are potential buyers -- Pedestrians walk on sidewalks -- The sidewalk is acellar entrance -- Wares are stored in the cellar -- Deliveries are limited to the early hours of the morning -- Delivery vans block the streets -- Locals and tourists use the streets at different times -- People walk more slowly in the afternoon -- Rituals result from parallel working hours -- The
day to
day happens on the street -- Workers wear work clothes -- Taxi divers live on the street -- Locals have
dogs -- Every thirtieth pedestrian has
gray hair --
Old people sit on benches -- Benches are found on public squares -- Playgrounds
draw children in -- Not every playground is a playground -- Fathers meet fathers on playgrounds -- Small public squares are busier
than large public squares -- Crossroads are public squares -- People wait at crossroads -- Hot
dog stands smell of food -- Shops lead people -- Shop are new, houses are
old -- Chop owners put their
trash bags out on the street -- A city is made up of characteristic parts -- Streets were once communal spaces -- Public squares and niches create positive autside spaces -- People sit with their back protected -- Sitting people observe their environment -- Pedestrians lost in thought are not lost -- Torists satnd still, residents pass -- When people stand still, groups develop -- Groups attract people…”
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