2024-11-25T16:23:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/28512285/the-occupy-movement-and-the-new-public-space Quilian Riano 2011-11-23T18:33:19-05:00 >2011-11-26T12:39:52-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8a0414lahl6pdvl1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Occupy Wall Street Protests is testing Public Spaces not meant as campgrounds. But when the public chooses to use its public space in ways it wasn&rsquo;t intended to be used, who&rsquo;s right? The public or the public space?</p></em><br /><br /><p> Whatever the response [to Occupy Wall Street], the fact that these protests have persisted for weeks and months in parks has put a spotlight on public spaces in general. But that fact has also complicated the response. These spaces are part of our cities so they can be used by the public. They&rsquo;re also explicitly not intended to play campground for extended amounts of time. But when the public chooses to use its public space in ways it wasn&rsquo;t intended to be used, who&rsquo;s right? The public or the public space?</p>