But he was also one of those rare kinds of people who notices something is broken and then actually does something to fix it.
Want to know what he discovered?
Instead, it's because they had less space to call their own, constantly squeezed into smaller pockets by the surrounding traffic.
Home territory, what Donald Appleyard called "exchange place" is where social interactions happen.
He'd be 92 years old if he were alive today and able to see the plans for the kinds of streets he envisioned coming to life all over the UK
Remember the street belongs to you. It is your community. Wave to a neighbour, ride your bike right down the middle of the road, hell set up a lemonade stand, everyone needs a drink in this heat.
Here's a good place to start: pps.org/article/dapple…
And here's a video for those of you who prefer visual learning: youtube.com/watch?v=ESgkcF…