Areas Quote by Vito Acconci

“There is a term for people caught on a street crossing after the light has changed: "pedestrian-traffic residue".”

— Mavis Gallant

Every public space is like a billboard, with messages from the collective subconscious of the nation. There one can read passivity, rage indifference, fear,…

— Slavenka Drakulic

It's very clear, under anyone's scenario, that it's a massive, extensive undertaking regardless of where you might ultimately draw the line as to when…

— Jack McConnell

“A city street equipped to handle strangers, and to make a safety asset, in itself, our of the presence of strangers, as the streets…

— Jane Jacobs

You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw…

— Bette Midler

In India, there are real consequences to inattention; drivers who jeopardize pedestrians can be lynched on the spot.

— Bharati Mukherjee

Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising to activism,…

— Ellen Lupton

I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong,

— Janet Echelman

Culturally, it's very hard to change people's attitudes about public space.

— Bette Midler

Friends told me that the latest trend, at least in Europe, is public sex. They showed me some clips, and they're terrifying. A couple…

— Slavoj Žižek

You have to let folks know that it's not OK... to live on a sidewalk in front of somebody's house or in front of…

— Kevin Faulconer

In Google's world, public space is just something that stands between your house and the well-reviewed restaurant that you are dying to get to.

— Evgeny Morozov