Giacomo Bianchino of The Saturday Paper discusses increasingly private public space in Sydney, Australia

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Giacomo Bianchino of The Saturday Paper reports on the dwindling access to public space in Sydney as private interests outbid the wellbeing of local citizenry. Bianchino argues that the development of Sydney’s harbor demonstrates a trend toward “government-owned private zones,” created as a means of attracting tourism over improving the city for locals. The article cites Jerold Kayden’s work on privately owned public space for its argument that what determines publicness in a city is not necessarily who owns the land, but by legal rules governing public accessibility. Click here to read more.

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