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CONTENTS<br/>100 Lessons for Understanding the City<br/>Preface<br/>1.People walk in the sunshine.<br/>2.Street vendors are positioned according to the path of the sun,<br/>3.Street vendors facilitate pedestrian movement.<br/>4.Safe surroundings increase profits.<br/>5.High turnover makes up for high rent.<br/>6.Rents rise with increasing pedestrian density.<br/>7.Global shops sell their wares on popular streets.<br/>8.Salespeople possess analytical knowledge of the district.<br/>9.Passersby have an intuitive knowledge of the district.<br/>10.Familiar chain stores are landmarks.<br/>11.Brand names attract people. People attract brand names.<br/>12.Shops attract other shops.<br/>13.Tourists carry bags.<br/>14.Shops give away bags.<br/>15.Street vendors complement the surrounding selection of shops.<br/>16.Human traffic complies with shop opening times.<br/>17.Street vendors reinforce fluctuations.<br/>18.People attract people.<br/>19.Places of concentration depend on places of emptiness.<br/>20.Cars can park in niches,<br/>21.Cars park on top of one another,<br/>22.Street vendors follow wrecking balls,<br/>23.Constant grids afford manifold patterns of movement.<br/>24.Equal grids provoke unequal blocks.<br/>25.Buildings outlive uses.<br/>26.A block consists of many buildings.<br/>27.Each building has at least one entrance.<br/>28.No entrance is the same as any other entrance.<br/>29.Entrances are meeting points,<br/>30.Entrances are hurdles.<br/>31.Shops attract pedestrians into the depths of the block,<br/>32.Each building houses a business.<br/>33.Small, specialized shops are essential to maintaining a district's vitality,<br/>34.Display windows are mirrors.<br/>35.Pedestrians are potential buyers.<br/>36.Pedestrians walk on sidewalks.<br/>37.The sidewalk is a cellar entrance.<br/>38.Wares are stored in the cellar.<br/>39.Deliveries are limited to the early hours of the morning.<br/>40.Delivery vans block the streets.<br/>41.Locals and tourists use the streets at different times<br/>42.People walk more slowly in the afternoon,<br/>43.Rituals result from parallel working hours,<br/>44.The day to day happens on the street.<br/>45.Workers wear work clothes.<br/>46.Taxi drivers live on the street,<br/>47.Locals have dogs,<br/>48.Every thirtieth pedestrian has gray hair.<br/>49.Old people sit on benches.<br/>50.Benches are found on public squares,<br/>51.Playgrounds draw children in.<br/>52.Not every playground is a playground,<br/>53Fathers meet fathers on playgrounds.<br/>54.Small public squares are busier than large public squares.<br/>55.Crossroads are public squares.<br/>56.People wait at crossroads.<br/>57.Hot dog stands are at crossroads,<br/>58.Snack stands smell of food.<br/>59.Shops lead people.<br/>60.Shops are new, houses are old,<br/>61.Shop owners put their trash bags out on the street,<br/>62.A city is made up of characteristic parts,<br/>63.Streets were once communal spaces.<br/>64.Public squares and niches create positive outside spaces.<br/>65.People sit with their back protected,<br/>66.Sitting people observe their environment.<br/>67.Pedestrians lost in thought are not lost,<br/>68.Tourists stand still. Residents pass.<br/>69.When people stand still, groups develop.<br/>70.Groups attract people,<br/>71.Street performers animate public spaces.<br/>72.Groups walk more slowly than individuals.<br/>73.Nightlife hotspots increase pedestrian traffic.<br/>74.People are afraid of the dark,<br/>75.Many lights illuminate the night,<br/>76.Street cafes lie at the center of events,<br/>77.Subway stations thicken pedestrian traffic.<br/>78.Narrow streets carry many pedestrians.<br/>79.Narrow streets carry little traffic.<br/>80.Cobblestones tell stories,<br/>81.Local streets are one-way streets.<br/>82.Cars drive down main roads faster than down side streets,<br/>83.Pedestrians walk on a red signal, if traffic is slow.<br/>84.Traffic jams tend to bring out aggression,<br/>85.Weeds reduce aggression.<br/>86.The counterpart to the urban everyday is the urban park.<br/>87.People who walk have a destination in mind,<br/>88.Good walkways have a good range of destinations along them.<br/>89.Destinations are more attractive when they invite a stay.<br/>90.Grocery stores are important local destinations.<br/>91.Grocery stores on street corners have an advantage,<br/>92.The livelihood of a street begins at crossroads.<br/>93.SoHo life begins with traffic lights.<br/>94.Traffic lights create traffic noise.<br/>95.People wait for taxis. Taxis wait for people.<br/>96.Taxis compensate for public transportation.<br/>97.Subway stations are at borders.<br/>98.A neighborhood has borders.<br/>99.Through streets are borders.<br/>100.Fractures create friction.<br/>Epilogue |
