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Pedestrian Density

Opening context:
Promenade, Small Public Squares, Pedestrian Street, Building Thoroughfare, Path Shape

Conflict

Many of our modern public squares, though intended as lively plazas, are in fact deserted and dead.

Resolution

For public squares, courts, pedestrian streets, any place where crowds are drawn together, estimate the mean number of people in the place at any given moment (P), and make the area of the place between 150P and 300P square feet.

Closing context:
Street Café, Activity Pockets, Stair Seats, Building Edge, Gallery Surround