{"id":45846,"date":"2013-10-06T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=45846"},"modified":"2013-10-04T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T22:31:53","slug":"reading-list-urban-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2013\/10\/06\/reading-list-urban-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading List: Urban Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?attachment_id=45847#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45847\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45847\" alt=\"Dylan Reid\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/10\/feature-dylan-reid.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just finished a curious little book called <a href=\"http:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/urban-code\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Urban Code: 100 Lessons for Understanding the City<\/em><\/a>. It&#8217;s by two Swiss architects who look at the thriving Soho district of New York City and derive a nice round 100 lessons about what makes it work. Each lesson is given a short, pointed explanation and a charming hand-drawn illustration. Quite a few are accompanied by a relevant quote from a small selection of basic works on public space (William Whyte, Jane Jacobs, Alexander Christopher) or a black-and-white photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these lessons might apply to many places (&#8220;42: People walk more slowly in the afternoon&#8221;), others are pretty specific to Soho (&#8220;38: Wares are stored in the cellar&#8221;). A few are poetic (&#8220;67: Pedestrians lost in thought are not lost&#8221;), others are gnomic (&#8220;100: Fractures create friction&#8221;). Most of them are not particularly new or surprising if you&#8217;re familiar with ideas about public spaces, but their accumulation gives a good sense of how many different details work together to make a successful neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of quotes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>26: A block consists of many buildings<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8230; When people shape their own surroundings, they inflect the atmosphere of a place with character. This activity is the basis for creating attractiveness and exchange, and it cannot be imitated by targeted urban planning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>55: Crossroads are public squares<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8230; [The crossroads] is at once an intersection of the most diverse streams of traffic, and a place of coincidental meetings, a place for reflection, a place full of decisions and a place of heightened attention.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a must-read by any means, but it&#8217;s a quick read and good for stimulating one&#8217;s thinking about public spaces, urban planning and walkability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished a curious little book called Urban Code: 100 Lessons for Understanding the City. It&#8217;s by two Swiss architects who look at the thriving Soho district of New York City and derive a nice round 100 lessons about what makes it work. 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