In this Book
- Beyond Zuccotti Park: Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation of Public Space
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: NYU Press
In the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, leading planers and social scientists examine public space today and freedom of assembly.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has challenged the physical manifestation of the First Amendment rights to freedom of assembly. Where and how can people congregate today? Forty social scientists, planners, architects, and civil liberties experts explore the definition, use, role, and importance of public space for the exercise of our democratic rights to free expression. The book also discusses whose voice is heard and what factors limit the participation of minorities in Occupy activities. This foundational work puts issues of democracy and civic engagement back into the center of dialogue about the built environment.
Beyond Zuccotti Park is a collaborative effort of Pratt Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, City College of New York School of Architecture, New Village Press and its parent organization, Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. The book is part of an open civic inquiry on the part of these organizations. The project was seeded by a series of free public forums, Freedom of Assembly: Public Space Today, held at the Center for Architecture in response to the forced clearance of Occupy activities from Zuccotti Park and public plazas throughout the country. The first two recorded programs took place on December 17, 2011 and February 4, 2012.
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. xix-xii
- 1. Occupy!
- pp. 1-2
- Being There
- pp. 49-60
- The Office of the People
- pp. 70-73
- 2. Emplacing Equity and Social Justice
- Making Public, Beyond Public Space
- pp. 89-98
- Emplacing Democratic Design
- pp. 133-140
- 3. Reimagining Public Space
- The Sidewalks of New York
- pp. 143-145
- Radical Imagination
- pp. 146-155
- Room to Grow Something
- pp. 156-169
- Openhearted Cities
- pp. 170-177
- Life and Death in Public Places
- pp. 178-184
- 4. Public Space Over Time
- The Romance of Public Space
- pp. 197-206
- Public Space and Its Disconnects
- pp. 214-235
- Public Space Then and in the Future
- pp. 236-253
- 5. Responsive Change
- 5.1 Public Sector Agents of Change
- Is “Public Space” Possible?
- pp. 271-276
- Making—and Governing—Places for Democracy
- pp. 277-292
- Making Cities Work
- pp. 293-296
- 5.2 Designers and Developers as Agents of Change
- Shaping Public Space, Shaping Our City
- pp. 327-333
- Public Space: Opening Streets and Sidewalks
- pp. 334-338
- Designed to Be Occupied
- pp. 339-350
- POPS, Out of the Shadows
- pp. 351-370
- Programming Public Space
- pp. 371-382
- A Call for Actions
- pp. 383-386
- Contributors
- pp. 387-396