Times Square, Times Out! A Speculative Approach on Public Space Practice

480,000 tourists and locals walk through Times Square daily.1 A global destination oversaturated by millions of visitors around the world, a space of discrepancy between locals and administrators, shared by spectators and sanitation workers, entertainment and consumerism, filled by families, tourists, security cameras and performers; Times Square represents a case of study where public space is tested, produced and denied in everyday and extraordinary ways. The Square’s dense and diverse pedestrian activity offers a unique design challenge to explore more than ever public space practices addressing the pros and cons of the changing politics and city protocols, citizen’s demands and the principles of what makes spaces public, what it stands for, and how to provide an environment for interaction.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.Intl.2018.31

Volume Editors
Ángela García de Paredes, Iñaqui Carnicero & Julio Salcedo-Fernandez

ISBN
978-1-944214-18-0