As a 7-year-old living in Connecticut, Shelley Lowenstein rode the bus downtown with her best friend to explore the stores on Main Street, and to spend their allowances in Woolworth's five-and-dime.  The shopping was fun but Shelley loved watching people and making up stories about them in her mind. What did they do? Where were they from? Where were they going? Around the same time, Shelley discovered movies.  Once a week she settled down into the dark recesses of the local theater and escaped into other worlds which sparked her imagination even more.  Ever since these youthful experiences, Shelley has been fascinated by how people are in public spaces.