"The Cultural Life of Large Urban Spaces"
This chapter talks about the importance of urban spaces in our lives. These spaces are good for cultural diversity, it brings people from all background together in one place. In NYC very few places retain the cultural and social diversity ater 9/11. There are 6 lessons that promote the sociabilities o small urban spaces.
1. People need these space to represent their cultural.
2. social interaction of diverse groups can be maintained.
3. Income and visitation pattern must be taken into account
4. differences in the way ethnic and social groups use and value public sites
5. symbolic ways of communicating cultural meaning are an important dimension of place attachment that can be fostered to promote cultural diversity.
6. contemporary historic preservations should not concentrate on restoing the scenic features without also restoring the facilities and diversions tat attract people to a park.
According to Whyte the main reason why people stopped using public spaces is because of the fear of terrorism.
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