Eyes on the Street uses computer vision to compare William Whyte’s 1980 Super 8 film recordings with contemporary footage in three US cities to show that people today are moving faster across public spaces and are less prone to group encounters. If public spaces no longer centre gathering, what role should they play in urban life?
Participants
SENSEABLE CITY LAB, MIT
CAMBRIDGE, USA
Arianna Salazar-Miranda, San Jose, Costa Rica. 1987. Lives and works in New Haven, USA.
Fabio Duarte, Limeira, Brazil. 1970. Lives and works in Boston, USA.
EDWARD L. GLAESER, New York City, USA. 1967. Lives and works in Boston, USA.
SIMON KUPER, Kampala, Uganda. 1969. Lives and works in Paris, France.
Technical Collaborators
Jingrong Zhang
Team Members
Zhuangyuan Fan, Michael Baick, Keith N. Hampton, Becky P. Y. Loo
Thanks
MIT Senseable City Lab
