Screening:
The Social Life of
Small Urban Spaces
Salt Beyoğlu, Salt Ulus
January 23, 2014 17.00 – 18.00
Still from the film The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1988)
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (1988)
William H. Whyte
English without subtitles
58’
Social Life of Small Urban Spaces is a film about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don’t. Beginning at New York’s Seagram Plaza, one of the most used open areas in the city, the film proceeds to analyze why this space is so popular and how other urban oases, both in New York and elsewhere, measure up. Based on direct observation of what people actually do, the film presents a remarkably engaging and informative tour of the urban landscape and looks at how it can be made more hospitable to those who live in it.
Courtesy of Direct Cinema Limited
