Come to a FREE screening of William H. Whyte’s film classic about public space as part of Hester Nights, Thursday, August 15th.
Join The Municipal Art Society of New York, in cooperation with Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space, on Thursday, August 15 at 6:30 PM, for a special FREE screening of the 1980’s urban planning cult classic, “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” a film by William H. Whyte, produced by MAS. The screening is part of the Eventi Hotel’s Hester Nights series, held weekly in its plaza at 851 Sixth Avenue, entered from West 29th or 30th Streets.
Bring your friends and enjoy the film along with plenty of food and drink available for purchase from local vendors..
The screening will begin at 6:30 PM. The Hester Nights artisanal food market opens at 5:00 PM.
About the Film
This witty and original film is about urban spaces in American cities and why some work and others don’t. Beginning with New York City’s Seagram Plaza, one of the city’s most celebrated spaces, the film analyzes why this space is so successful and how other urban spaces, both in New York and elsewhere, can learn from its surprisingly simple lessons.
This event is FREE but registration is requested.
I have been researching William Holly Whyte and published some research on his Street Life Project (Fitzpatrick, Miriam (2010) ‘Fieldwork in Public Space Assessment, William Holly Whyte and the Street Life Project, 1970-1975’. In Ewing, S et al, Architecture and Field/Work (Critiques), UK: Routledge, p 72-80.) I’d be happy to follow up with a talk to supplement your Hester Night screening. Kind regards, Miriam in Dublin, Ireland