Whyte/Gibbs

1.Whyte and Gibbs analyzed the sidewalks, window displays, and placement of plants, seating, and trash cans. but their approach to the city design were from two different perspectives.Whyte's  perspective is from a bystander wacthing and analyzing how the pedestrians interact with the city design.His  focus was on the effectiveness of a short distance form the storefront and the streets, the importance of  landscape like large trees, the way pedestrians interact with their surrounding and the importance of a crowded but flowing pedestrian crowd. Gibbs' perspective was from a professional who looks at the flaws of the city design. His focus was on how to improve the city, but eliminating the landscape he thought was unneccessary and creating automobile traffic.Whyte was more convincing to me because his focus was based on the people who enjoy the city design. He pointed out all aspects of the city design and even if some things were flawed he explained how the pedestrains found other uses  for the failures. He showed how the crowd dealt with the city they flow into daily.

2. The elements of a urban area I find particularly attractive is the atmosphere. I like the congested sidewalks full of pedestrains quickly flowing through the city, the vendors who hassle the pedestrains , the restaurants, the stores, and style of the building. The feeling I get of not being safe repels me from the city.