Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space Book

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction: Rites of Way, Paths of Desire Mark Kingwell Patrick Turmel ix

Part I

Master of Chancery: The Gift of Public Space Mark Kingwell 3

We Wuz Robbed Joe Alterio 23

Part II

Public Space: Lost and Found Ken Greenberg 29

Architecture and Public Space Alberto Pérez-Gómez 47

The Enduring Presence of the Phenomenon of "the Public": Thoughts from the Arena of Architecture and Urban Design George Baird 55

Private Joke, Public Places: An Excerpt Oren Safdie 63

Part III

Holistic Democracy and Physical Public Space John Parkinson 71

Public Space and Subversion Frank Cunningham 85

Take to the Strees! Why We Need Street Festivals to Know Our Civic Selves Shawn Micallef 101

How Insensitive: An Excerpt Rusell Smith 113

Part IV

Beauty Goes Public Nick Mount 123

Protect the Net: The Looming Destruction of the Global Communications Environment Ron Deibert 137

The City as Public Space Patrick Turmel 151

walks from the office for soft architecture Lisa Robertson 165

Contributors 179

Index 183