Beyond Zuccotti Park

Download or read book Beyond Zuccotti Park written by Ronald Shiffman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protests from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park have brought the crisis of public space to the forefront of our attention: Where can the public congregate? How can city planning, design, and policies support First Amendment rights to public assembly and free speech? Forty experts in social science, planning, design, civil liberties, urban affairs, and the arts use the Occupy movement as a springboard for original, multidisciplinary essays that address these exigent questions. This foundational book puts issues of democracy and civic engagement back into the center of dialogue about the built environment.