Sidewalks Conflict and Negotiation over Public Space
| Author/creator | Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia Author |
| Other author | Ehrenfeucht,Renia Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 344 p. ill 09.000 x 07.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Urban and Industrial Environments Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation Urban sidewalks, critical but undervalued public spaces, have been sites forpolitical demonstrations and urban greening, promenades for the wealthy and the well-dressed, andshelterless shelters for the homeless. On sidewalks, decade after decade, urbanites have socialized,paraded, and played, sold their wares, and observed city life. These many uses often overlap andconflict, and urban residents and planners try to include some and exclude others. In this firstbook-length analysis of the sidewalk as a distinct public space, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris andRenia Ehrenfeucht examine the evolution of the American urban sidewalk and trace conflicts that havearisen over its competing uses. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples as well as casestudy research and archival data from five cities--Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, andSeattle--they discuss the characteristics of sidewalks as small urban public spaces, and suchrelated issues as the ambiguous boundaries of their "public" status, contestation overspecific uses, control and regulations, and the implications for First Amendment speech and assemblyrights. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262517416 |
| ISBN | 0262517418 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262517416 |
| Stock number | 00015994 |
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