The benches outside Dewsbury Town Hall are wide enough for two people to sit back to back. This allows people more choice of where to sit and according to Willian H Whyte allows for a more 'socially comfortable' space, therefore a more used space.
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"Space should be like a musical instrument that suggests how it is to be played but does not predict all the wonderful music that can be made by its owner"
Brian Lawson - The Language of Space
Brian Lawson - The Language of Space
"It seems that our futures are driven by dystopian nightmares rather than utopian dreams"
Austin Williams - UD issue 109
"Something happens because something happens because something happens"
Jan Gehl - Life Between Buildings
"People tend to sit most where there are places to sit"
"What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people"
W H Whyte - The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
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