Meredith, Michael, 1971- author.

Public spaces, NY / M. Meredith and H. Sample, MOS.

Zürich : Park Books, [2025]
©2025

611 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 23 cm

"There are no perfect public spaces--but they can be improved. Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample of MOS point the way to more inclusive, more equitable urban public spaces." "There are no perfect public spaces. Public space is constantly changing, shifting, never quite fixed. It is formed by laws, by regulations, by private ownership, and by city management. Public spaces are influenced both by the people who oversee them and by those who use them. And because of this, public spaces are never neutral. In Public Spaces, NY, Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample document and analyze Manhattan’s parks, streets, community gardens, privately owned public spaces, recreation areas, waterfronts, and cemeteries. Their book seeks to understand their design, construction, and management, and provides detailed drawings of both the spaces themselves and speculative illustrations about how the public uses the spaces. By examining how public spaces facilitate or hinder inclusion, and by detailing the conflicts and negotiations they provoke, this book creates a discourse to reimagine the future of public life in the United States’ densest city." -- Publisher's website.

9783038604341 (paperback)
3038604348 (paperback)

Public spaces New York (State) New York.
Public spaces New York (State) New York Planning.
Sociology, Urban New York (State) New York.
Espaces publics New York (État) New York.
Espaces publics New York (État) New York Planification.
Sociologie urbaine New York (État) New York.
Architecture and society
Building laws
Public spaces
Sociology, Urban
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) New York
New York (State)

Sample, Hilary, author.
MOS (Firm), sponsoring body.

Public spaces, New York

Location: Library main 322770
Call No.: 322770
Copy: 1
Status: External loan