#public-spaces — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #public-spaces, aggregated by home.social.
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Vancouver mayoral candidates plan to take on public safety
A Vancouver mayoral candidate says converting portions of a hospital into an involuntary care facility is essentially building…
#Canada #Vancouver #Globalnews #KareemAllam #mayoralcandidate #mayoralcandidates #municipalelection #publicsafety #publicspaces
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Edmonton River Valley Coalition calls for dedicated spaces for encampments
Is the solution to unhoused encampments to operate “safe” sanctioned camps instead of clearing them out? Edmonton city…
#Canada #Edmonton #DanielJohnstone #DavidBloom #DavidJones #Edmontoncitycouncil #homelessencampment #homelesspeople #publicspaces #WardIpiihkoohkanipiaohtsiCoun
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City committee votes to tweak parts of Edmonton’s public spaces bylaw, anti-poverty groups still have concerns
Members of a city committee have voted to make minor changes to a controversial municipal bylaw as groups…
#Canada #Edmonton #bylaw #citymanagers #DanielJohnstone #DavidJones #EdmontonRivervalley #JonMorgan #publicspaces
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/173976/ Tallinn to turn vacant land by Linnahall into tucked-away recreation area | News #developments #Estonia #linnahall #PublicSpaces #Tallinn
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Kazakhstan Proposes Fines for Unauthorized Graffiti
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-graffiti-ban/
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Australia considers world-first smart glasses ban across entire country
Australia is considering a world-first measure to curb the use of so-called smart glasses as authorities look for…
#Australia #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Austrlia #glasses #privacyconcerns #publicspaces #smartglasses
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Dan Fumano: Police, protest, and art intersect again at Vancouver’s Woodward’s building — 55 years later
At the VPD training academy’s opening ceremony this week, the backdrop of the celebratory affair was hard to…
#Canada #Vancouver #HowardChow #PeterDickinson #publicspaces #SimonFraserUniversity #StanDouglas #VancouverPoliceDepartment #VPD #VPDTrainingAcademy
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/415309/ Mudavadi proposes five-point plan to protect critical infrastructure, public spaces #CaucusOnProtectingCriticalInfrastructureSystemsAndPublicSpaces #CriticalInfrastructure #Kenya #KenyaNews #MusaliaMudavadi #PublicSpaces #star #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #StarNewspaper #StarNewspaperKenya #TerroristThreats #TheStar #TheStarKenya #TheStarNewspaper
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/158344/ Team SLA to Design New 30-hectare Coastal Nature Park in Copenhagen, Denmark #Architecture #CoastalDesign #Copenhagen #Denmark #Landscape #LandscapeArchitecture #LandscapeDesign #NaturePark #Nordhavn #Park #PublicSpaces #SLA #UrbanDesign
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A positively dystopian feel to Westminster Underground Station in London where steel, bare concrete and dark corners are all features of a public space like no other I have come across on my travels.
These escalators lead to the deep level platforms opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee line extension from Green Park to Stratford.
The original station was completely rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the deep level platforms and 'Portcullis House', which sits above the station.#london #underground #jubileeline #publicspaces #transport #photography
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A positively dystopian feel to Westminster Underground Station in London where steel, bare concrete and dark corners are all features of a public space like no other I have come across on my travels.
These escalators lead to the deep level platforms opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee line extension from Green Park to Stratford.
The original station was completely rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the deep level platforms and 'Portcullis House', which sits above the station.#london #underground #jubileeline #publicspaces #transport #photography
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A positively dystopian feel to Westminster Underground Station in London where steel, bare concrete and dark corners are all features of a public space like no other I have come across on my travels.
These escalators lead to the deep level platforms opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee line extension from Green Park to Stratford.
The original station was completely rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the deep level platforms and 'Portcullis House', which sits above the station.#london #underground #jubileeline #publicspaces #transport #photography
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A positively dystopian feel to Westminster Underground Station in London where steel, bare concrete and dark corners are all features of a public space like no other I have come across on my travels.
These escalators lead to the deep level platforms opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee line extension from Green Park to Stratford.
The original station was completely rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the deep level platforms and 'Portcullis House', which sits above the station.#london #underground #jubileeline #publicspaces #transport #photography
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Making hostile spaces The dispersal of non consumers
* At an intersection of numerous car parks, retail industry and an amusement industrial complex in Coffs Harbour there is a small green space with benches and birds. People and birds rest there and have their lunch.
Some time ago the amusement & drink giant piped ongoing unpleasant, loud music over the small green island and the abundant car parks.
The intention of the outdoor speakers distributing noise pollution is/was to engage in then 'dispersal' of ‘loitering' non customers.
This loud and repetitive ‘music’ is also known as "aggressive" or "defensive" architecture. This design in mostly public spaces is intended as a form of 'organised abandonment' (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) of the poor and the unhoused.
Often the exclusionary design acoustic ('steady-state spam’) is combined with other anti homeless devices (anti-homeless spikes furniture) which function to keep members of the public out of public spaces.
With increasing inequality, that is non spending consumers, the system is increasingly employing hostile practices. Privately owned public spaces such as walkways, plazas, arcades and small parks have to ensure the safety of their customers and staff. Non-consumers have no place in this scheme.
* "Woolworths has installed outdoor speakers at its Darwin city store to play the supermarket's 'Fresh Food People' jingle on repeat in a bid to deter loitering.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/darwin-city-woolworths-looping-jingle-anti-social-behaviour/107073330
* "The NSW Police Force is currently running an Australian-first trial in Moree (an area with a high Indigenous population) using rooftop drones to "fight crime" in the area, controlled by people hundreds of kilometres away at Bankstown Airport." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/automation-and-repression-the-two-go-hand-in-hand-daron-acemoglu/107063582
#HostileArchitecture #PublicSpaces #inequality #privatisation #ShoppingCentres #dispersal #FirstNationsPeoples #biopolitics #surveillance #CCTV #PervasiveTechnologies #UAVs #NoisePollution #IndigenousPeoples #DesignApartheid #governance #CoffsHarbour -
Making hostile spaces The dispersal of non consumers
* At an intersection of numerous car parks, retail industry and an amusement industrial complex in Coffs Harbour there is a small green space with benches and birds. People and birds rest there and have their lunch.
Some time ago the amusement & drink giant piped ongoing unpleasant, loud music over the small green island and the abundant car parks.
The intention of the outdoor speakers distributing noise pollution is/was to engage in then 'dispersal' of ‘loitering' non customers.
This loud and repetitive ‘music’ is also known as "aggressive" or "defensive" architecture. This design in mostly public spaces is intended as a form of 'organised abandonment' (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) of the poor and the unhoused.
Often the exclusionary design acoustic ('steady-state spam’) is combined with other anti homeless devices (anti-homeless spikes furniture) which function to keep members of the public out of public spaces.
With increasing inequality, that is non spending consumers, the system is increasingly employing hostile practices. Privately owned public spaces such as walkways, plazas, arcades and small parks have to ensure the safety of their customers and staff. Non-consumers have no place in this scheme.
* "Woolworths has installed outdoor speakers at its Darwin city store to play the supermarket's 'Fresh Food People' jingle on repeat in a bid to deter loitering.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/darwin-city-woolworths-looping-jingle-anti-social-behaviour/107073330
* "The NSW Police Force is currently running an Australian-first trial in Moree (an area with a high Indigenous population) using rooftop drones to "fight crime" in the area, controlled by people hundreds of kilometres away at Bankstown Airport." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/automation-and-repression-the-two-go-hand-in-hand-daron-acemoglu/107063582
#HostileArchitecture #PublicSpaces #inequality #privatisation #ShoppingCentres #dispersal #FirstNationsPeoples #biopolitics #surveillance #CCTV #PervasiveTechnologies #UAVs #NoisePollution #IndigenousPeoples #DesignApartheid #governance #CoffsHarbour -
Making hostile spaces The dispersal of non consumers
* At an intersection of numerous car parks, retail industry and an amusement industrial complex in Coffs Harbour there is a small green space with benches and birds. People and birds rest there and have their lunch.
Some time ago the amusement & drink giant piped ongoing unpleasant, loud music over the small green island and the abundant car parks.
The intention of the outdoor speakers distributing noise pollution is/was to engage in then 'dispersal' of ‘loitering' non customers.
This loud and repetitive ‘music’ is also known as "aggressive" or "defensive" architecture. This design in mostly public spaces is intended as a form of 'organised abandonment' (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) of the poor and the unhoused.
Often the exclusionary design acoustic ('steady-state spam’) is combined with other anti homeless devices (anti-homeless spikes furniture) which function to keep members of the public out of public spaces.
With increasing inequality, that is non spending consumers, the system is increasingly employing hostile practices. Privately owned public spaces such as walkways, plazas, arcades and small parks have to ensure the safety of their customers and staff. Non-consumers have no place in this scheme.
* "Woolworths has installed outdoor speakers at its Darwin city store to play the supermarket's 'Fresh Food People' jingle on repeat in a bid to deter loitering.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/darwin-city-woolworths-looping-jingle-anti-social-behaviour/107073330
* "The NSW Police Force is currently running an Australian-first trial in Moree (an area with a high Indigenous population) using rooftop drones to "fight crime" in the area, controlled by people hundreds of kilometres away at Bankstown Airport." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/automation-and-repression-the-two-go-hand-in-hand-daron-acemoglu/107063582
#HostileArchitecture #PublicSpaces #inequality #privatisation #ShoppingCentres #dispersal #FirstNationsPeoples #biopolitics #surveillance #CCTV #PervasiveTechnologies #UAVs #NoisePollution #IndigenousPeoples #DesignApartheid #governance #CoffsHarbour -
Making hostile spaces The dispersal of non consumers
* At an intersection of numerous car parks, retail industry and an amusement industrial complex in Coffs Harbour there is a small green space with benches and birds. People and birds rest there and have their lunch.
Some time ago the amusement & drink giant piped ongoing unpleasant, loud music over the small green island and the abundant car parks.
The intention of the outdoor speakers distributing noise pollution is/was to engage in then 'dispersal' of ‘loitering' non customers.
This loud and repetitive ‘music’ is also known as "aggressive" or "defensive" architecture. This design in mostly public spaces is intended as a form of 'organised abandonment' (Ruth Wilson Gilmore) of the poor and the unhoused.
Often the exclusionary design acoustic ('steady-state spam’) is combined with other anti homeless devices (anti-homeless spikes furniture) which function to keep members of the public out of public spaces.
With increasing inequality, that is non spending consumers, the system is increasingly employing hostile practices. Privately owned public spaces such as walkways, plazas, arcades and small parks have to ensure the safety of their customers and staff. Non-consumers have no place in this scheme.
* "Woolworths has installed outdoor speakers at its Darwin city store to play the supermarket's 'Fresh Food People' jingle on repeat in a bid to deter loitering.” >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/darwin-city-woolworths-looping-jingle-anti-social-behaviour/107073330
* "The NSW Police Force is currently running an Australian-first trial in Moree (an area with a high Indigenous population) using rooftop drones to "fight crime" in the area, controlled by people hundreds of kilometres away at Bankstown Airport." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/automation-and-repression-the-two-go-hand-in-hand-daron-acemoglu/107063582
#HostileArchitecture #PublicSpaces #inequality #privatisation #ShoppingCentres #dispersal #FirstNationsPeoples #biopolitics #surveillance #CCTV #PervasiveTechnologies #UAVs #NoisePollution #IndigenousPeoples #DesignApartheid #governance #CoffsHarbour -
Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?
https://daily.jstor.org/where-did-all-the-public-bathrooms-go/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422800
#HackerNews #publicbathrooms #urbanplanning #accessibility #hygiene #publicspaces
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Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?
https://daily.jstor.org/where-did-all-the-public-bathrooms-go/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422800
#HackerNews #publicbathrooms #urbanplanning #accessibility #hygiene #publicspaces
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Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?
https://daily.jstor.org/where-did-all-the-public-bathrooms-go/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422800
#HackerNews #publicbathrooms #urbanplanning #accessibility #hygiene #publicspaces
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Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?
https://daily.jstor.org/where-did-all-the-public-bathrooms-go/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422800
#HackerNews #publicbathrooms #urbanplanning #accessibility #hygiene #publicspaces
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Dear #photographers have you seen the new #UK pamphlet telling people not to take public photos? It strangely then seemingly links *all* public photography with sexualized photography and then tells you to report any photo taken of you in public to the police (because they're not busy enough?)
Note: if you're in the UK, consider writing to someone in your area about this messaging.
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Dear #photographers have you seen the new #UK pamphlet telling people not to take public photos? It strangely then seemingly links *all* public photography with sexualized photography and then tells you to report any photo taken of you in public to the police (because they're not busy enough?)
Note: if you're in the UK, consider writing to someone in your area about this messaging.
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Dear #photographers have you seen the new #UK pamphlet telling people not to take public photos? It strangely then seemingly links *all* public photography with sexualized photography and then tells you to report any photo taken of you in public to the police (because they're not busy enough?)
Note: if you're in the UK, consider writing to someone in your area about this messaging.
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Dear #photographers have you seen the new #UK pamphlet telling people not to take public photos? It strangely then seemingly links *all* public photography with sexualized photography and then tells you to report any photo taken of you in public to the police (because they're not busy enough?)
Note: if you're in the UK, consider writing to someone in your area about this messaging.
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@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.
Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.
And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.
The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.
The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars -
@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.
Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.
And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.
The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.
The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars -
@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.
Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.
And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.
The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.
The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars -
@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.
Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.
And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.
The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.
The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars -
Seoul, Korea expands design projects to transform public spaces
Myeong-dong, Seoul (Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government/courtesy of haps Magazine Korea) Seoul is expanding its design and landscape…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Seoul #attractivedestinations #centralpostoffice #designprojects #Myeong-dong #nighttimelighting #publicplazas #publicspaces #seouldestinations
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A New Wave of Pressure on Cyberspace and Public Spaces: Blocking Social Media Pages and Sealing Cafés
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“Open street transformations vary in duration and scale, shaping how we relate to and use a street. It shifts the way we perceive what public space in the city can be, even for a single day, and that shift feeds our collective imaginary of the city.”
#openstreets #carfree #publicspaces #road #vancouverhttps://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/27/open-streets-how-often/
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“Open street transformations vary in duration and scale, shaping how we relate to and use a street. It shifts the way we perceive what public space in the city can be, even for a single day, and that shift feeds our collective imaginary of the city.”
#openstreets #carfree #publicspaces #road #vancouverhttps://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/27/open-streets-how-often/
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“Open street transformations vary in duration and scale, shaping how we relate to and use a street. It shifts the way we perceive what public space in the city can be, even for a single day, and that shift feeds our collective imaginary of the city.”
#openstreets #carfree #publicspaces #road #vancouverhttps://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/27/open-streets-how-often/
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“Open street transformations vary in duration and scale, shaping how we relate to and use a street. It shifts the way we perceive what public space in the city can be, even for a single day, and that shift feeds our collective imaginary of the city.”
#openstreets #carfree #publicspaces #road #vancouverhttps://spacing.ca/vancouver/2026/07/27/open-streets-how-often/
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Toronto’s largest park in a generation just got bigger: Biidaasige Park opens 10 new acres of waterfront public space
Waterfront Toronto Additional waterfront parkland opens on Toronto’s newest island, marking a major milestone in one of North…
#Canada #Toronto #BiidaasigePark #Indigenouspeoples #MillenniumPark #publicaccess #publicart #publicspaces #waterfrontrevitalization #WaterfrontToronto
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RE: https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116966632849982993
My local library in Port Philip's always been a real pride of the community. Was designed by a bit of a rockstar architect and it's a kind of keystone community structure in the way that all libraries are but the design really embeds that dynamic in stone and glass.
This place was always, in my memory, really busy. Folks walking the shelves, sitting reading, standing reading, studying etc etc, all the things folks do in libraries.
Lately, someone decided to redesign the layout and part of that redesign was to allocate restricted areas. There is now (I would estimate) about 50% of the seating restricted and if you sit there unknowingly (signage is really minimal) you will be asked to move within about ten minutes of having sat down.
I may be cynical (it's been said before) but it strikes me as pandering to rate payers in an area with a population lousy with renters, though with the massive density developments happening here over the past 20 years I guess we're becoming a minority.
The point is (for me) that libraries can't afford to be alienating their demographic and I can say anecdotally that ever since the layout adjustments the traffic in this library has fallen off a cliff
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RE: https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116966632849982993
My local library in Port Philip's always been a real pride of the community. Was designed by a bit of a rockstar architect and it's a kind of keystone community structure in the way that all libraries are but the design really embeds that dynamic in stone and glass.
This place was always, in my memory, really busy. Folks walking the shelves, sitting reading, standing reading, studying etc etc, all the things folks do in libraries.
Lately, someone decided to redesign the layout and part of that redesign was to allocate restricted areas. There is now (I would estimate) about 50% of the seating restricted and if you sit there unknowingly (signage is really minimal) you will be asked to move within about ten minutes of having sat down.
I may be cynical (it's been said before) but it strikes me as pandering to rate payers in an area with a population lousy with renters, though with the massive density developments happening here over the past 20 years I guess we're becoming a minority.
The point is (for me) that libraries can't afford to be alienating their demographic and I can say anecdotally that ever since the layout adjustments the traffic in this library has fallen off a cliff
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RE: https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116966632849982993
My local library in Port Philip's always been a real pride of the community. Was designed by a bit of a rockstar architect and it's a kind of keystone community structure in the way that all libraries are but the design really embeds that dynamic in stone and glass.
This place was always, in my memory, really busy. Folks walking the shelves, sitting reading, standing reading, studying etc etc, all the things folks do in libraries.
Lately, someone decided to redesign the layout and part of that redesign was to allocate restricted areas. There is now (I would estimate) about 50% of the seating restricted and if you sit there unknowingly (signage is really minimal) you will be asked to move within about ten minutes of having sat down.
I may be cynical (it's been said before) but it strikes me as pandering to rate payers in an area with a population lousy with renters, though with the massive density developments happening here over the past 20 years I guess we're becoming a minority.
The point is (for me) that libraries can't afford to be alienating their demographic and I can say anecdotally that ever since the layout adjustments the traffic in this library has fallen off a cliff
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RE: https://aus.social/@oscarjiminy/116966632849982993
My local library in Port Philip's always been a real pride of the community. Was designed by a bit of a rockstar architect and it's a kind of keystone community structure in the way that all libraries are but the design really embeds that dynamic in stone and glass.
This place was always, in my memory, really busy. Folks walking the shelves, sitting reading, standing reading, studying etc etc, all the things folks do in libraries.
Lately, someone decided to redesign the layout and part of that redesign was to allocate restricted areas. There is now (I would estimate) about 50% of the seating restricted and if you sit there unknowingly (signage is really minimal) you will be asked to move within about ten minutes of having sat down.
I may be cynical (it's been said before) but it strikes me as pandering to rate payers in an area with a population lousy with renters, though with the massive density developments happening here over the past 20 years I guess we're becoming a minority.
The point is (for me) that libraries can't afford to be alienating their demographic and I can say anecdotally that ever since the layout adjustments the traffic in this library has fallen off a cliff
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Needle cleanup coming to more public spaces in Winnipeg, including transit shelters, civic plazas
The City of Winnipeg is increasing the number of public spaces where crews will collect used needles and…
#Canada #Winnipeg #citycouncil #CityofWinnipeg #cleanupprogram #publicspaces #ScottGillingham
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/127613/ Open Days: Urban Projects in Vilnius, Haifa and Tokyo #Haifa #Lithuania #PublicSpaces #Tokyo #Urbanism #Vilnius
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Very interesting first hand account of breaking in Australia and how RayGun won the female breaking crown and went on to become an embarrassment that non-Dancers use to insult the sport.
It talks about how sports and hobbies that are not popular are difficult to do because they depend on the participants having money, and how lack of competition makes it difficult to reach world class levels.
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Very interesting first hand account of breaking in Australia and how RayGun won the female breaking crown and went on to become an embarrassment that non-Dancers use to insult the sport.
It talks about how sports and hobbies that are not popular are difficult to do because they depend on the participants having money, and how lack of competition makes it difficult to reach world class levels.
#sports #dance #bgirls #breaking #olympics #poverty #publicSpaces -
Very interesting first hand account of breaking in Australia and how RayGun won the female breaking crown and went on to become an embarrassment that non-Dancers use to insult the sport.
It talks about how sports and hobbies that are not popular are difficult to do because they depend on the participants having money, and how lack of competition makes it difficult to reach world class levels.
#sports #dance #bgirls #breaking #olympics #poverty #publicSpaces -
Very interesting first hand account of breaking in Australia and how RayGun won the female breaking crown and went on to become an embarrassment that non-Dancers use to insult the sport.
It talks about how sports and hobbies that are not popular are difficult to do because they depend on the participants having money, and how lack of competition makes it difficult to reach world class levels.
#sports #dance #bgirls #breaking #olympics #poverty #publicSpaces -
Could an Olympian face a decade in prison? David Hearn, a three-time Olympian, has been indicted for allegedly ripping sealant from the Reflecting Pool, a project prioritized by President Donald Trump. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro states the pool belongs to all Americans, and Hearn faces up to 10 years if convicted, though he denies the charges. Learn more about this unusual case. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/reflecting-pool-indictment-david-hearn-destruction-pirro.html #LegalNews #PublicSpaces #Olympian
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During my visits it was heartening to see the library in active use by many people, to read the daily newspapers or to get out from under the hot sun for a while.
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During my visits it was heartening to see the library in active use by many people, to read the daily newspapers or to get out from under the hot sun for a while.
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From 2023, the coming Marpole Transit Centre.
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From 2023, the coming Marpole Transit Centre.
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From 2023, the coming Marpole Transit Centre.
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Had a scan through the videos from the #PublicSpaces conference - this has been my subject for the last 30 years: https://video.publicspaces.net/c/pubconf/videos
My takeaway is that there is a lot of activity, but not much movement. A lot of discussion, frameworks and technical thinking, but no real questions - What kind of #openweb culture are we actually building?
Too often we end up with the same cycle of
more complexity → more infrastructure → more maintenance → more dependency → more #techshit.The problem is not that people are building things, building is good. The problem is when the culture keeps producing paths that push more mess into the commons, then the people build alternatives have to spend their energy cleaning up, mediating, and rebuilding the native social layer that was ignored.
The #OMN question is - Are we creating tools that strengthen communities, or are we creating more technical problems that communities have to carry?
The #openweb was never only about technology. It was about participation, trust, shared ownership and social infrastructure. Without that, we just keep producing more mess that someone has to compost later.
The work we need is growing the culture that makes better tech possible.
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Had a scan through the videos from the #PublicSpaces conference - this has been my subject for the last 30 years: https://video.publicspaces.net/c/pubconf/videos
My takeaway is that there is a lot of activity, but not much movement. A lot of discussion, frameworks and technical thinking, but no real questions - What kind of #openweb culture are we actually building?
Too often we end up with the same cycle of
more complexity → more infrastructure → more maintenance → more dependency → more #techshit.The problem is not that people are building things, building is good. The problem is when the culture keeps producing paths that push more mess into the commons, then the people build alternatives have to spend their energy cleaning up, mediating, and rebuilding the native social layer that was ignored.
The #OMN question is - Are we creating tools that strengthen communities, or are we creating more technical problems that communities have to carry?
The #openweb was never only about technology. It was about participation, trust, shared ownership and social infrastructure. Without that, we just keep producing more mess that someone has to compost later.
The work we need is growing the culture that makes better tech possible.
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Had a scan through the videos from the #PublicSpaces conference - this has been my subject for the last 30 years: https://video.publicspaces.net/c/pubconf/videos
My takeaway is that there is a lot of activity, but not much movement. A lot of discussion, frameworks and technical thinking, but no real questions - What kind of #openweb culture are we actually building?
Too often we end up with the same cycle of
more complexity → more infrastructure → more maintenance → more dependency → more #techshit.The problem is not that people are building things, building is good. The problem is when the culture keeps producing paths that push more mess into the commons, then the people build alternatives have to spend their energy cleaning up, mediating, and rebuilding the native social layer that was ignored.
The #OMN question is - Are we creating tools that strengthen communities, or are we creating more technical problems that communities have to carry?
The #openweb was never only about technology. It was about participation, trust, shared ownership and social infrastructure. Without that, we just keep producing more mess that someone has to compost later.
The work we need is growing the culture that makes better tech possible.